John Williams (photographer)
John Frank Williams PhD | |
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| Born | December 18, 1933 |
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| Alma mater | Sydney College of the Arts |
| Known for | Foundation head of photography and film, Sydney College of the Arts, histories of Australia |
| Notable work | Quarantined Culture (1995) |
| Style | documentary |
| Movement | Modernism |
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John Frank Williams (18 December 1933–30 July 2016) was an Australian photographer, academic, art critic and historian who served as the first head of photography at Sydney College of the Arts. His photographic work documenting Sydney's urban landscape in the 1960s was characterised by what he described as "rough, hard and grainy" imagery. Beyond his photographic career, Williams authored six books focused on World War I and Australian cultural history, including his notable 1995 work Quarantined Culture.