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'''Helmut Gritscher''' (6 June 1933 - 24 November 2015) was an Austrian-born skier, ski instructor and photographer who worked in Australia 1961–70. |
'''Helmut Gritscher''' (6 June 1933 - 24 November 2015) was an Austrian-born skier, ski instructor and photographer who worked in Australia 1961–70. |
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Helmut Gritscher (6 June 1933 - 24 November 2015) was an Austrian-born skier, ski instructor and photographer who worked in Australia 1961–70.
Biography
Helmut Gritshcer was born 07 June 1933 in Wattens, in the Austrian Tyrol. A ski instructor, he came to Australia in 1961 to join the Perisher Ski School in the Mt. Kosciusko ski fields,[1] producing his first book, Skiing, on ski technique, with fellow instructor Fritz Halbwidl. He stayed in Australia because "I wanted to photograph something which has only been partly explored visually" to produce his second book The High Country, on the Australian Alps photographed in winter and summer, of which he remembered "with every day I spent in those mountains I discovered more beautiful things, and my life became richer."[2] His subjects in the Alps include not only skiers and the landscape, but also the Snowy Mountains hydroelectric project. To Sydney with Love, his third book, took as its subject Sydney's beaches and harbour, and there he also photographed the older suburbs, rugby, the Sydney Opera House and cultural events.
Gristcher's photographs were published frequently to illustrate articles in Walkabout magazine[3] and also in Pacific Islands Monthly, and he was featured in Craig McGregor's 1969 survey of Australian arts In The Making[4]
Recognition
Photographs by Gritscher were purchased in 1969 for the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne through the KODAK (Australasia) Pty Ltd Fund.[5]
Publications
Books:
- Gritscher, Helmut; McGregor, Craig, 1933- (1967), The high country : Photographs: Helmut Gritscher, Angus & Robertson, retrieved 12 December 2020
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - To Sydney with love/ [Photography: Helmut Gritscher. Text: Craig McGregor, City of Sydney Archives, 1968, retrieved 12 December 2020
- Gritscher, Helmut; Walks, Eric; Halbwidl, Fritz (1968), Skiing : a pictorial handbook of instruction, Ure Smith, retrieved 12 December 2020
- Gritscher, H., & New South Wales. (1970). New South Wales, Australia: Professional ski race, Mount Kosciusko. Sydney, N.S.W.: New South Wales Dept. of Tourism.
Magazine articles
- Elyne Mitchell, with photographs by Helmut Gritscher, 'The Dream That Is Mount Townsend,' In Walkabout. Vol. 32 No. 6 (1 June 1966), p.16-19, Australian Geographical Society.
References
- ^ "Instructors". Perisher Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ McGregor, Craig (1969). In the making. Melbourne: Thomas Nelson (Australia). ISBN 0-17-001819-9. OCLC 72963.
- ^ Elyne Mitchell, with photographs by Helmut Gritscher, 'The Dream That Is Mount Townsend,' In Walkabout. Vol. 32 No. 6 (1 June 1966), p.16-19, Australian Geographical Society.
- ^ McGregor, Craig; McGregor, Craig, 1933- (1969), In the making, Thomas Nelson (Australia), ISBN 978-0-17-001819-7
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Artists - Helmut Gritscher". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
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