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Bondi in Winter, Syndey 1971 |
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Brighton, Sussex 1976 |
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Open Air Shower, Bronte Beach, Sydney 1964 |
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Champs d'Elysees, Paris 1994 |
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The Old Customs House at Circular Quay (2) 1950-83 |
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Escalator, Sydney 1976 |
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Balmain, Syndey 1971-72 |
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At the Northern End of Freshwater Beach (Hardbord) Facing North |
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Ingres in the Louvre, Paris 1976 |
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Clapham Junction, London 1966 |
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Parthenon, Athens 1965 |
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Tintype Photographer, Parthenon, Athens 1965 |
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Pisa 1968 |
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Salamanca 1968 |
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Rozelle, Sydney 1971 |
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Ultimo, Sydney 1971 |
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The Rocks, Sydney 1973 |
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Rocks Pub Crawl, Sydney 1973 |
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St Kilda, Melbourne 1973 |
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Anzac Day, Melbourne 1975 |
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Hofburg, Vienna 1976 |
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Chicago 1977 |
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In the Louvre, Paris 1976 |
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Manly, Syndey 1976 |
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Metro, Paris 1994 |
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Bus Stand, Paris 1976 |
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Rue de Rivoli, Paris 1994 |
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Sables D'or Les Pins 1968 |
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Syndey Underground Railway 4 1976 |
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Underground Sydney 1977 |
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| Colville Street Art Gallery |
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| john williams |
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PhD Modern History, Macquarie University.
MA Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts.
BSc Tech (Mechanical Engineering) University of NSW |
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| Major exhibitions (solo after 1980). |
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| 2004 |
John Williams. Sydney Diary 1958-2003. Musuem of Sydney. |
| 1999 |
Portrait of the Month, National Portrait Gallery, Old Parliament House, Canberra. |
| 1998 |
«Australian Correspondences», John Williams, photograph australien, Historial de la
Grande Guerre. Péronne, France. |
| 1997 |
Twenty Years on the Street: John Williams photographs, 1958-78, Byron-Mapp, Sydney.
Traces 1916-18 — 1988-95, Alliance Française de Sydney. |
1995 |
Traces 1916-18 — 1988-95, Byron-Mapp, Sydney. |
| 1991 |
John Williams Photographs, (retrospective) National Gallery of Victoria. |
| 1989 |
John Williams Photographs, (retrospective) Art Gallery of New South Wales. |
| 1986 |
From the Flatlands, as part of the exhibition Flanders Then and Now, Australian War
Memorial, Canberra. |
| 1985 |
From the Flatlands, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. |
| 1984 |
Finding Time, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne. |
| 1983 |
Living Room Portraits, Gallery A1, Tokyo. |
| 1982 |
Living Room Portraits, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne. |
| 1981 |
Living Room Portraits, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. |
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| Selected exhibitions (group after 1980). |
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| 2010 |
Candid Camera Australian Photography 1950s-1970, Art Gallery of SA. |
| 2004 |
Australian documentary photography after 1946, Art Gallery of NSW.
Photography collection on display, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. |
| 1999 |
Recent Acquisitions, National Portrait Gallery, Old Parliament House, Canberra.1999.
The 1970s, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.
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| 1997 |
A Face in the Crowd, National Portrait Gallery, Old Parliament House, Canberra. |
| 1996 |
From the Street, Art Gallery of News South Wales, Sydney. |
| 1995 |
Sydney Photographed, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. |
| 1994 |
We Are Family, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. |
| 1986 |
Flanders then and now, Australian War Memorial. |
| 1984 |
Segmentations, Friends of Photography, Carmel, Calif., USA. |
1983 |
Continuum 83, 13 Australian Artists in Japan. |
| 1981 |
Reconstructed Vision, Art Gallery of New South Wales. |
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| collections |
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George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography, Rochester, NY, USA.
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.
Historial de la Grande Guerre, Péronne.
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra.
Australian Parliament House.
Australian National Gallery.
Art Gallery of New South Wales.
National Gallery of Victoria.
Art Gallery of South Australia.
Art Gallery of Western Australia.
Tasmanian Museum and Gallery.
Alburt-Wodonga Regional Gallery. |
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| Writing |
| Books |
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| 2009 |
Modernity, the Media and the Military. The creation of national mythologies on the
WesternFront 1914-1918, Routledge, London. |
| 2005 |
2005 Corporal Hitler and the Great War 1914-1918. The List Regiment, Routledge, London. |
| 2004 |
Line Zero. John Williams photographs 1955-2004, UNSW Press. |
| 2003 |
German Anzacs and the First World War, UNSW Press. |
| 1999 |
Anzacs, the Media and the Great War, UNSW Press. |
| 1995 |
Quarantined Culture: Australian Reactions to Modernism 1913 - 1939, CUP. |
| 1989 |
John Williams Photographs, Art Gallery of New South Wales. |
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| Conference & other papers. |
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| 2000 |
Flights from modernity: Elisabeth Nietzsche, William Lane and Utopias in Paraguay.
Duncan Waterson Festschrift, UTS and University of Sydney. |
| 1997 |
`Through Media Eyes. Australia and Germany 1913-1919 [Durch Medienaugen. Australien
und Deutschland 1913-1919 ]. Goethe-Institut, Sydney. |
| 1996 |
Wartime uses of photomontage at ‘Like life or lifelike?’, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney. |
| 1993 |
The Amiens Gun, Symbol of Modernity?, at ‘War, Violence and the Structure of
Modernity,’ (with Prof D.B. Waterson), New York University, NY.
Interregnum — from the Armistice to Peace Day, at ‘1919 and Beyond’, Australian
War Memorial. |
1992 |
Reporting the Battle of Fromelles, with Professor D.B. Waterson at Australian War
Memorial Conference. |
| 1990 |
Art, Race, War & Agrarian Myths, delivered at ‘An Anzac Muster,’ Monash
University, Melbourne. |
| 1980 |
Contemporary Photographic Criticism, at ‘Australian Photography Conference,’ Prahran CAE. |
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| Journal articles, book chapters etc. |
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| 2001 |
Flights from modernity: Elisabeth Nietzsche, William Lane and Utopias in Paraguay.
DuncanWaterson special edition of Journal of Australian Studies, UWA. (With Harry
Knowles and Daniela Kraus). |
| 1999 |
Through Media Eyes. Australia and Germany 1913-1919’. In ‘War and Other
Calamities,’Journal of Australian Studies, UQP. |
| 1994 |
‘A postscript on Fromelles,’ Journal of the Australian War Memorial, October 1994. |
| 1993 |
‘Words on ‘a lively skirmish’: Fromelles in contemporary and foreign reports,’ Journal of the Australian War Memorial, October1993.
‘7 Battles,’ Journal of Australian Studies, no. 38, September 1993. |
1992 |
‘Art, War and Agrarian Myths: Australian Reactions to Modernism 1913-31.’ J. Smart and
A. Wood (eds), An Anzac Muster: War and Society in Australia and New Zealand 1914-18
and 1939-45, Melbourne 1992. |
| 1991 |
‘Modernism and the Lost Generation,’ Art and Australia, September 1991. |
| 1980 |
Contemporary Photographic Criticism, at ‘Australian Photography Conference,’ Prahran CAE. |
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| Other writing (1973-on). |
Photography critic The Australian 1973-77. Articles & book reviews in The Age, Nation Review,
National Times etc. as well as art, photography and cultural journals including Photofile, Art
Network, Art in Australia. |
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| Academic record. |
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| 1999-on |
Hon. Research Associate, Dept of Germanic Studies, University of Sydney |
| 1998 |
Visiting Fellow, School of Germanic Studies, University of New South Wales. |
| 1998-95 |
Visiting Research Fellow, School of History, Macquarie University |
| 1995-88 |
Macquarie University, visiting lectures |
| 1994-89 |
National Art School, East Sydney (part-time lecturer in art history). |
| 1988-76 |
Sydney College of the Arts, (Foundation Head, Dept of Photography, Film and
Audio-Visual Studies). |
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| Grants, awards, stipendiums etc. |
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| 2002 |
Army Research Grant. German Attitudes and mentality in World War One. |
| 2000 |
Centenary of the Council of Federation (German Anzacs in World War One). |
| 1999-98 |
Australian War Memorial (German Anzacs in World War One). |
| 1998 |
Australia Council, Visual Arts Board. Special projects grant for exhibition at
Historial. |
| 1998-97 |
Goethe Insitut, München. Stipendium (German language scholarship). |
| 1994 |
Australian Army Research Grant. Research for Anzacs, the Media and the Great War.
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| 1989 |
Australia Council, Visual Arts Board. Two-year fellowship to fund and develop art
practice. |
| 1981 |
Art Gallery of NSW. Lady Warwick Fairfax Prize for photographic portraiture. |
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