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Woldendorp was born in Utrecht in The Netherlands and migrated to Australia in 1950. He started photographing in 1956 in Indonesia and won prizes in the Craven-A national photography competitions, which encouraged him to become professional from 1961. He was a foundation member of the association of Australian photographers the Moggs Creek Clickers which became [[Group M]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Group M, A small selection of photograph's by Richard Woldendorp|url=https://www.photo-web.com.au/GroupM/members/RichardWoldendorp/default.html|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.photo-web.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Philip Bentley | title=DEEPER FEELING, WIDER VISION Group M and the Moggs Creek Clickers | publication-date=1996 | publisher=Public History | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/235142853 | access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref> exhibiting documentary imagery in their annual exhibitions in the 1960s. Since then he he contributed photographs to magazines ''[[The Bulletin]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Crouch|first=Wallace|last2=Woldendorp (photographs)|first2=Richard|date=9 March 1968|title=The Bulletin reports on The West|journal=The Bulletin|volume=89|issue=4592|pages=39}}</ref> [[Walkabout (magazine)|Walkabout]],<ref>{{Citation | author1=Australian Geographical Society | title=The Ways Of Children (1 September 1963) | journal=Walkabout | publication-date=1963-09-01 | publisher=Australian National Travel Association | volume=29 | issue=9 | issn=0043-0064}}</ref> [[The Australian Women's Weekly|Australian Women's Weekly]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hewett|first=Jenni|last2=Woldendorp (pictures)|first2=Richard|date=6 September 1978|title=A bush setting for stylish living|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51394363|journal=The Australian Women's Weekly|pages=104-5}}</ref> and [[RealTime]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Marshall|first=Jonathon|date=April 2007|title=unnerving and uncanny : jonathan marshall takes in strut and skadada|journal=Real Time|volume=78|pages=33}}</ref>''
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Woldendorp was a foundation member of the association of Australian photographers [[Group M]], exhibiting in their annual exhibitions in the 1960s. Since then he is known especially for his aerial photography,<ref>"Dutch-born practitioner Richard Woldendorp creates aerial images of the Australian continent; breathtakingly vast, they emphasize the recurring patterns and abstract shapes created by the combined effects of nature and human activity." Ennis, Helen (2007) ''Photography and Australia''. Reaktion Books p.&nbsp;68</ref> which is collected in art and photography galleries around Australia and overseas. He was made a Fellow of the ''Australian Institute of Professional Photography'' in 1991, and an Honorary Life Member in 1997. He has provided photographs for and produced over 15 books. Some of his books have had significant West Australian authors provide introductions and text, such as [[T. A. G. Hungerford|Tom Hungerford]], and [[Tim Winton]], who wrote an accompanying essay for [[Down to Earth (book)|Down to Earth]].

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His work was celebrated by the Western Australian Art gallery in 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/exhibitions/Richard_Woldendorp_Abstract_Earth.asp | title =The Photography of Richard Woldendorp|access-date= 14 October 2018|website=Art Gallery WA}}</ref>
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He is especially known for his aerial photography,<ref>"Dutch-born practitioner Richard Woldendorp creates aerial images of the Australian continent; breathtakingly vast, they emphasize the recurring patterns and abstract shapes created by the combined effects of nature and human activity." Ennis, Helen (2007) ''Photography and Australia''. Reaktion Books p.68</ref> which is collected in art and photography galleries around Australia and overseas. This imagery was used for projections onto performers' bodies in ''Skadada'', Aureo, directed by Katie Lavers, His Majesty’s Theatre, 17-20 January 2007.''<ref name=":0" />'' 

== Recognition ==
Woldendorp was made a Fellow of the ''Australian Institute of Professional Photography'' in 1991, and an Honorary Life Member in 1997. He has provided photographs for and produced over 15 books. Some of his books have had significant West Australian authors provide introductions and text, such as [[T. A. G. Hungerford|Tom Hungerford]], and [[Tim Winton]], who wrote an accompanying essay for [[Down to Earth (book)|Down to Earth]].

He was made a State Living Treasure for his contribution to the Arts.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Curtis|first=Paul|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-professional-photography-in-australia/oclc/894322329|title=History of Professional Photography in Australia.|date=2014|publisher=Rose Publishing & Co|isbn=978-0-9757266-1-7|location=Mona Vale, NSW|pages=257-8|language=English|oclc=894322329}}</ref>

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His work was celebrated in a retrospective in the [[Art Gallery of Western Australia|Western Australian Art gallery]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/exhibitions/Richard_Woldendorp_Abstract_Earth.asp | title =The Photography of Richard Woldendorp|access-date= 14 October 2018|website=Art Gallery WA}}</ref>


== Publications ==
== Publications ==

Revision as of 06:09, 25 February 2022

Richard Woldendorp

Richard Leo Woldendorp (born 1 January 1927) is a Dutch-Australian photographer known for his aerial photography of Australian geography.

Work

Woldendorp was born in Utrecht in The Netherlands and migrated to Australia in 1950. He started photographing in 1956 in Indonesia and won prizes in the Craven-A national photography competitions, which encouraged him to become professional from 1961. He was a foundation member of the association of Australian photographers the Moggs Creek Clickers which became Group M,[1][2] exhibiting documentary imagery in their annual exhibitions in the 1960s. Since then he he contributed photographs to magazines The Bulletin,[3] Walkabout,[4] Australian Women's Weekly[5] and RealTime.[6]

He is especially known for his aerial photography,[7] which is collected in art and photography galleries around Australia and overseas. This imagery was used for projections onto performers' bodies in Skadada, Aureo, directed by Katie Lavers, His Majesty’s Theatre, 17-20 January 2007.[6] 

Recognition

Woldendorp was made a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography in 1991, and an Honorary Life Member in 1997. He has provided photographs for and produced over 15 books. Some of his books have had significant West Australian authors provide introductions and text, such as Tom Hungerford, and Tim Winton, who wrote an accompanying essay for Down to Earth.

He was made a State Living Treasure for his contribution to the Arts.[8]

His work was celebrated in a retrospective in the Western Australian Art gallery in 2009.[9]

Publications

  • Hungerford, T. A. G. and Richard Woldendorp (1969) A million square : Western Australia . Melbourne: Thomas Nelson (Australia). ISBN 0-17-001823-7
  • (1983) Australia's West Perth, W.A Day Dawn Press. ISBN 0-9596934-1-6
  • (1985) Australia, the untamed land photographs by Richard Woldendorp. Sydney : Readers Digest. ISBN 0-949819-61-1
  • Scott, John (1986). Landscapes of Western Australia. Claremont: Aeolian Press. (text by John Scott, photographs by Richard Woldendorp)
  • (1992) Journey through a landscape : Richard Woldendorp's Australia. West Perth, W.A : Sandpiper Press. ISBN 0-646-09386-X[10]
  • (1994) Australia's flying doctors: the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia photographs by Richard Woldendorp ; text by Roger McDonald. Chippendale, N.S.W. : Pan Macmillan ISBN 0-7329-0793-4
  • (1995) Australia, the untamed land photographs by Richard Woldendorp. Sydney : Reader's Digest. ISBN 0-86438-933-7
  • (1999) Down to Earth: Australian Landscapes. North Fremantle, Fremantle Arts Centre Press in association with Sandpiper Press (text by Tim Winton)
  • (2001) Design by nature photographs by Richard Woldendorp; text by Victoria Laurie. North Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press in association with Sandpiper Press, ISBN 1-86368-349-6
  • Woldendorp, Richard (2003). Wool: the Australian story. Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press. ISBN 1-86368-396-8. (with text by Roger McDonald and Amanda Burton)

Further reading

  • Seddon, George (1991). "Journeys through landscape : a discussion of the work of Richard Woldendorp". Westerly (December 1991). Reprinted in Seddon, George (1995) Swan Song.[11]
  • Jacobson, Ingrid (8 August 1999). "Photo finish". Sunday Times. pp. Home section, p.28.
  • Australian Style, January 1993, p. 82.
  • Landscope, Spring 1987, p. 51-54.
  • Western Outlook, October 1993, p. 28-29

References

  1. ^ "Group M, A small selection of photograph's by Richard Woldendorp". www.photo-web.com.au. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ Philip Bentley (1996), DEEPER FEELING, WIDER VISION Group M and the Moggs Creek Clickers, Public History, retrieved 25 February 2022
  3. ^ Crouch, Wallace; Woldendorp (photographs), Richard (9 March 1968). "The Bulletin reports on The West". The Bulletin. 89 (4592): 39.
  4. ^ Australian Geographical Society (1 September 1963), "The Ways Of Children (1 September 1963)", Walkabout, 29 (9), Australian National Travel Association, ISSN 0043-0064
  5. ^ Hewett, Jenni; Woldendorp (pictures), Richard (6 September 1978). "A bush setting for stylish living". The Australian Women's Weekly: 104–5.
  6. ^ a b Marshall, Jonathon (April 2007). "unnerving and uncanny : jonathan marshall takes in strut and skadada". Real Time. 78: 33.
  7. ^ "Dutch-born practitioner Richard Woldendorp creates aerial images of the Australian continent; breathtakingly vast, they emphasize the recurring patterns and abstract shapes created by the combined effects of nature and human activity." Ennis, Helen (2007) Photography and Australia. Reaktion Books p.68
  8. ^ Curtis, Paul (2014). History of Professional Photography in Australia. Mona Vale, NSW: Rose Publishing & Co. pp. 257–8. ISBN 978-0-9757266-1-7. OCLC 894322329.
  9. ^ "The Photography of Richard Woldendorp". Art Gallery WA. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  10. ^ Richard Waldendorp - feature article on his work - especially aerial photographs from "Journey through a Landscape" Australian Style, January 1993, p. 82
  11. ^ Seddon, George, Swan song : reflections on Perth and Western Australia, 1956-1995 Nedlands, W.A. : Centre for Studies in Australian Literature, University of Western Australia, 1995.
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