Charles P. Mountford
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Charles Pearcy Mountford (1890-1976) was an Australian anthropologist and photographer. Self-taught, he became famous for his pioneering work on indigenous Australians and his depictions and descriptions of their art.
[edit] Works
- The Art of Albert Namatjira (1944)
- Brown Men and Red Sand (1948) - a book of photographs
- The Tiwi (1958)
- Winbaraku (1967)
- Ayers Rock, its people, their beliefs and their art (1965) - his M.A. thesis which became a popular paperback
- The Dreamtime (1965), The Dawn of Time (1969), and The First Sunrise (1971) - in collaboration with artist Ainslie Roberts
- Nomads of the Australian Desert (1976) - withdrawn after sale for cultural reasons related to its depictions of sacred sites
