Life of Australia in the Early 20th Century Through Harold Cazneaux’s Lens

   

Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Harold Cazneaux (1878-1953) was an Australian pictorialist photographer; a pioneer whose style had an indelible impact on the development of Australian photographic history.

 
Life of Australia in the early 20th century taken by Harold Cazneaux
 
In 1916, Cazneaux was a founding member of the Pictorialist Sydney Camera Circle. As a regular participator in national and international exhibitions, Cazneaux was unfaltering in his desire to contribute to the discussion about the photography of his times. He created some of the most memorable images of the early twentieth century.
 
These amazing photos are part of his work that Cazneaux documented everyday life of Australia from between the 1900s and 1930s.
 
Cabbies, Bridge Street, Sydney, 1904

 

Untitled (hurrying figures in Martin Place), circa 1904

 

Lighting up, Albion Street, Surry Hills, 1906

 

Paddy's Market, 1906

 

Evening falls, circa 1908

 

Mountain scene, Katoomba, 1908

 

Untitled (early interior with seated woman), circa 1908

 

Evening falls, Circular Quay, 1909

 

Untitled (rear of house - Trinity Road), circa 1909

 

Beachcombers, circa 1910

 

Bound east, 1910

 

Flower seller, Macquarie Place, circa 1910s

 

Lane in Redfern, circa 1910

 

Martin Place, wet day, circa 1910s

 

Razzle Dazzle, 1910

 

Silver and grey, Circular Quay, pre 1910

 

Spring Street, Sydney looking into Pitt Street, circa 1910

 

The Old Treasury building, circa 1910

 

Wharfies, Circular Quay, 1910

 

A Surry Hills alleyway, 1911

 

Albion Street, Surry Hills, 1911

 

Argyle Cut (looking west), circa 1912

 

Getting ready for bed, 1914

 

Guillaux Aloft, 1914

 

Pavement artist, 1914

 

Surry Hills, 1914

 

Washing pattern, Woolloomooloo, circa 1910-15

 

Boys with hose, fire at Redfern, 1919

 

A by-way to Pitt street, circa 1920s

 

Model at studio door, Springwood, circa 1920

 

Old High School, Castlereagh St, circa 1920

 

Woolloomooloo Bay, circa 1920s

 

The Canyon, Martin Place, 1925

 

Untitled (HMS Renown taken from Kurraba Point, Sydney Harbour at the time of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York), 1927

 

Demolition, 1928

 

Beach scene, Bondi, circa 1929

 

Sydney surfing, 1929

 

The wheel of youth, 1929

 

Life class, The Sydney Art School, 1931

 

The surf wheel, 1931

 

Mail time, circa 1932

 

Darlinghurst Rd, 1933

 

Steam and sunshine, Newcastle BHP, 1934

 

Sydney Bridge, circa 1934

 

34 The Crossing, Frensham School, Mittagong, 1934