Frank Hurley (1885–1962) was an Australian photographer and adventurer. He participated in a number of expeditions to Antarctica and served as an official photographer with Australian forces during both world wars.
His artistic style produced many memorable images. He also used staged scenes, composites and photographic manipulation.
These are Frank Hurley's famous early color photographs of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated 'Endurance' voyage, as part of the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, from 1914 to 1917. Hurley was the official photographer on the expedition.
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| Frank Hurley photographing under the bows of the 'Endurance', 1915 |
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| Frank Hurley with cinematograph, 1915 |
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| Glacier in New Fortuna Bay, 1915 |
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| Glimpse of the ship 'Endurance' through hummocks, 1915 |
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| New Fortuna Glacier, 1915 |
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| Sir Ernest Shackleton watching a lead forming, 1915 |
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| The Bosun ,John Vincent, of the 'Endurance' mending a net, 1915 |
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| The chick of the Wanderer Albatross, 1915 |
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| The deck of the 'Endurance', 1915 |
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| The 'Endurance' frozen in 76-35 South, 1915 |
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| The 'Endurance' under full sail, held up in the Weddell Sea, 1915 |
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| The impenetrable icefield which prevented them from reaching the land (showing part of the 'Endurance'), 1915 |
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| The pink glow of the rising sun shining on a pressure ridge, 1915 |
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| The rigging of the 'Endurance' encrusted with rime crystals, 1915 |
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| Face of the Neumeyer Glacier, 1915 |
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| A mid-summer sunset with the 'Endurance' frozen in, 1915 |
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| A mid-winter glow, Weddell Sea showing the 'Endurance', 1915 |
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| A Sub-Antarctic sunrise in South Georgia, 1915 |
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| Alfred Cheetam signalling the Shackleton expedition, 1915 |
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| Dog teams scouting a way to the land, 1915 |