Working for the Department of Information (DOI), Parer sailed to the Middle East with the first contingent of the Second AIF in January 1940. Damien Parer (1912-1944), photographer and filmmaker, became friends with Max Dupain in the thirties, often taking photographs with him on excursions to the beach and bush. He established a reputation as an outstanding operator in Tobruk, Greece and Syria, where he worked (sometimes with Frank Hurley) between 1940 and 1942. Please read our special conditions of entry before visiting us. For suggested attribution, see our copyright page. 1940. Parer’s tactic of filming from the front the advancing US Marines cost him his life. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the. Two years later, Parer was killed in action while covering the landing of American forces at Peleliu in the Pacific. The struggling blinded digger remains an iconic sequence from “Kokoda Front Line” which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary 1943. We recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and. SIR THOMAS DALY - IN CENTRE. He was also a studio photographer. Parer set the benchmark for war photographers. We provide advice and support to all public libraries and local councils in NSW. Movies. Here, as with the (preferred) Australian soldiers, he became immensely popular with the American Marines, and impressed a young and up-coming photographer, W. Eugene Smith, with his daring do. (NEGATIVE BY PARER).JPG, 1940-09. In 1933 Parer started working with the feature film director Charles Chauvel, for whom his … (NEGATIVE BY PARER).JPG, 1940-09. With the advent of war Parer became an official film cameraman for the Department of Information. He went on to cover American operations, and was killed by a Japanese machine-gunner at Peleliu in the Palau archipelago on 17 September 1944. Your generous donation will be used to ensure the memory of our Defence Forces and what they have done for us, and what they continue to do for our freedom remains – today and into the future. Use this login for Shop items, and image, film, sound reproductions, Contact: Photographs and the modern experience of war, throughout Australia. He was 32 years old. Search the website for more mentions of Damien Parer. Damien Parer photographs, 1937-1944, including some by Max Dupain, Gather: connecting Aboriginal communities with collections and stories. He was also relentless as a “war photographer” whether filming  “Sparrow Force”, the 2nd/2nd Aussie guerillas in the mountains of Timor, or huddled behind a Beaufighter pilot (where he regularly passed out from lack of oxygen). Here he made Kokoda Front Line, for which he and the film's producer, Ken Hall, won Australia's first Academy Award in 1942. Parer had an enormous affect on so called “war photography” before the term was coined or indeed “embedded” in our consciousness. 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Damien Peter Parer (1912–1944) On leaving school in 1930 Damien Parer was apprenticed as a photographer. Damien Parer, Producer: Women He's Undressed. 3 (RAAF) Squadron 1941.jpg, 11 Squadron RAF aircrew Western Desert Nov 1941 AWM 010743.jpg, 11 Squadron RAF groundcrew Western Desert Nov 1941 AWM 010741.jpg, 11 Squadron RAF senior officers Western Desert Nov 1941 AWM 010742.jpg, 1940-09. I wonder if “photo bombers” and “You Tubers” have any idea of Damien Parer’s contribution to Australia’s image of itself, one that is inextricably linked to the sacrifice of soldiers. In 1933 Parer started working with the feature film director Charles Chauvel, for whom his … These include Robert Capa “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough”, Phillip Jones Griffith who “covered” Vietnam with extraordinary visual intelligence beyond the front line, Tim Page (Dennis Hopper “channelled” Page for the photojournalist character in Apocolypse Now) and let us not forget Neil Davis, the “combat cameraman” from Tassie, who filmed his own unfortunate death in Bangkok in 1985. When the Second World War began, Parer had become experienced in stills photography and motion picture work, and was appointed as official movie photographer to the AIF. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. JERUSALEM - PRESENTATION OF AMBULANCES. 1940-12-20. Due to essential maintenance, digital image viewers will be temporarily unavailable between 9 pm (AEDT) Friday, 30 October and 8 am Saturday, 31 October 2020. Come and see why. Parer had an enormous affect on so called “war photography” before the term was coined or indeed “embedded” in our consciousness. The epitaph “blood leads” used by some photojournalists remains cynical to the core. He arrived in New Guinea in June 1942, and later filmed the Australians fighting along the Kokoda Trail. Ticketed entry is in place to safely manage visits to the Gallery, so please book ahead. Increasingly unhappy with DOI for its parsimony and interference, Parer resigned his position with the department on 24 August 1943, and began working for Paramount News. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons. With the acceleration of the Japanese offensive he moved to document the conflict in New Guinea. He became interested in film-making and in 1940 he filmed the Australian classic Forty thousand horsemen for Charles Chauvel. There are many courageous photographers who believe their photographic destinies go way beyond the “splash” page. The sequence is sacred, in that it could only have done by a cameraman working “shoulder to shoulder” with what was happening. He established a reputation as an outstanding cameraman in Tobruk, Greece and Syria, where he worked (sometimes with Frank Hurley) between 1940 and 1942. 11 Squadron RAF Nov 1941 AWM 010746.jpg, Sergeant Pilot Hudson of 11 Squadron RAF AWM 011956.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Damien_Parer&oldid=348896035, Uses of Wikidata Infobox with no family name, Photographers and artists who died in 1944, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. JERUSALEM - COL. COHEN PRESENTS LORD SOMERS WITH AMBULANCES. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present. He sailed for the Middle East in January 1940 where he filmed on board HMAS Sydney after it … Damien Parer is one of Australia’s most famous war photographers. I wonder if “photo bombers” and “You Tubers” have any idea of Damien Parer’s contribution to Australia’s image of itself, one that is inextricably linked to the sacrifice of soldiers. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS DISHING OUT ITALIAN PRISONERS' FIRST MEAL IN PALESTINE. He spent the next year photographing Australians training for service and then in action across North Africa and the Middle East. Damien Parer is one of Australia’s most famous war photographers. With the acceleration of the Japanese offensive he moved to document the conflict in New Guinea. (NEGATIVE BY PARER).JPG, An Imperial Airways short c class flying boat being tied up to a mooring buoy. In 1933 Parer started working with the feature film director Charles Chauvel, for whom his projects included Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940). Photo by Damien Parer. Parer was always in the thick of it, at ease with both a stills camera and a movie camera. 20th December 1940 and Damien Parer captures the first arrival of Italian prisoners of war in Haifa Palestine.