Frederick Flood (photographer)

Summary

Frederick William Flood (1881–1965) was an English born Australian photographer who worked for The West Australian newspaper in Perth Western Australia between the 1920s and 1940s.

He was the newspaper's first full-time staff photographer;[1][2] many of his photographs were also featured in the Western Mail.

The range of photographs taken while working for the newspaper included many photographs in the rural regions of the Wheatbelt[3][4] and South West.[5]

In the 1930s, photographs by Flood and the illustrations of Amy Heap dominated the Christmas editions of the Western Mail.[6][7]

Flood was also an accomplished artist.[8][9][10]

In 2016, a Museum of Perth project was able to locate and list over 270 items relating to Flood on the Trove catalogue.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ "Trove". trove.nla.gov.au.
  2. ^ "PHOTOGRAPHS FOR SALE". Western Mail. Vol. 60, no. 2, 760. Western Australia. 19 January 1939. p. 26. Retrieved 30 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "SEED TIME". Western Mail. Vol. 56, no. 2, 908. Western Australia. 27 November 1941. p. 54 (THE CHRISTMAS 1941 WESTERN MAIL). Retrieved 30 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "A STEADY PULL..." Western Mail. Vol. 55, no. 2, 860. Western Australia. 26 December 1940. p. 35 (THE CHRISTMAS WESTERN MAIL). Retrieved 30 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "IN THE FAIR SOUTH-WEST". Western Mail. Vol. XLVI, no. 2, 341. Western Australia. 25 December 1930. p. 62 (The Western Mail - Xmas 1930). Retrieved 30 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Stannage, Tom (1990), Embellishing the landscape : the images of Amy Heap and Fred Flood 1920-1940, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, ISBN 978-0-949206-64-0
  7. ^ "Trove - Archived webpage". Trove. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014.
  8. ^ Flood, Fred; Townsend, Verna Mrs (1920), Collection of photographs and paintings by Frederick William Flood, retrieved 30 January 2017
  9. ^ Flood, Fred (1920), Photographs and watercolours by Frederick Flood : scenes of Perth and rural Western Australia, retrieved 30 January 2017
  10. ^ "Frederick William Flood :: Biography at :: At Design and Art Australia Online". www.daao.org.au. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  11. ^ http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=95629 Museum of Perth project 'Fredrick Flood'