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January 12, 2012
This is a favourite image of mine from the remaining body of work that have of Townsend Duryea. Remaining because his studio was destroyed by fire in 1875 along with Duryea’s entire collection of 50,000 glass plate negative. One of the best records of early colonial Adelaide was lost.
Townsend Duryea, Hose Shoe Bend, Onkaparinga Creek, Norlunga, circa 1865-7, albumen silver print
This is a stark image and in such a contrast to the standard trade views produced for clients that celebrated the clearing of the land to make way for farming and grazing.
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