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‘This photograph was taken as a personal commission for Leigh who gave a copy to her mother. It was taken in my Collins Street studio and is a good example of the effects that can be achieved through the use of various lights — in this case, glow lighting with a boom on the hair and a background halo. It is a combination of lights that I still enjoy using today.’ (Shmith)

Born Vivien Mary Hartley in India, Vivien Leigh won Academy Awards for her roles as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche du Bois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). From 1935 she had a successful career on stage, frequently opposite Laurence Olivier, to whom she was married from 1940 to 1961. At the time of this portrait Vivien Leigh was at the height of her career and was touring Australia and New Zealand with Olivier and the Old Vic Theatre Company.

Description	Melbourne, Australia Vivien Leigh
Source	National Gallery of Victoria
Date	1948
Author	Athol Shmith
Permission (Reusing this image)	Public Domain

This image was created in Australia and is now classified as being in the public domain because its term of copyright has now expired. According to the Australian Copyright Council (ACC), ACC Information Sheet G23 (Duration of copyright) (Sep 2005), generally copyright has expired as follows:

Type of material		Copyright has expired if ...
A	Photographs or other works published anonymously, under a pseudonym or the creator is unknown:	taken or published prior to 1955-01-01
B	Photographs (except A):	taken prior to 1955-01-01
C	Artistic works (except A & B):	the creator died before 1955-01-01
D	Published editions¹ (except A & B):	first published more than 25 years ago
E	Commonwealth or State government owned² photographs:	first published more than 50 years ago

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