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Athol Shmith
Australian photographer
Athol Shmith AM | |
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Born | Louis Athol Shmith 19 August 1914 Melbourne, Australia |
Died | 21 October 1990(1990-10-21) (aged 76) |
Known for | Photography |
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Children | Michael Shmith |
Louis Athol ShmithAM (19 August 1914 – 21 October 1990) was an Australian studio portrait and fashion photographer and photography educator in his home city of Melbourne, Australia.
He contributed to the promotion of international photography within Australia as much as to the fostering of Australian photography in the world scene.
Early life
Shmith was born in Melbourne in 1914 into a comfortable and cultured middle-class family, the youngest of three childr