Judith Fletcher
Australian Photographer (1886–1970) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ann Judith Fletcher (30 June 1886 – 30 July 1970), known in later life as Judith Paszek, was a portrait and fashion photographer from Sydney.
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| Born | Ann Judith Fletcher 30 June 1886 Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 30 July 1970 (aged 84) |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer and Fashion designer |
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Early life
Fletcher was born on 30 June 1886 in Katoomba, New South Wales.[1] Her parents were Ann Marian Fletcher nee Clarke, an embroiderer who made the velvet bag to hold The Ashes urn, and John Walter Fletcher, a teacher, cricketer, and police magistrate, who is known as the 'father of Australian football' for his role in introducing soccer to Australia. She had five siblings including Nora Kathleen Fletcher, a nurse who led the British Red Cross in France and Belgium as principal matron in World War I, and John Fletcher a cricketer and Queensland politician.[2] Fletcher grew up in Katoomba until the family moved to Greenwich in Sydney, where she stayed until she was married in 1934.[3]
Career
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She had a photography studio in Sydney's North Shore, where she worked from 1905 until 1930.[1] The first few years in her studio and practiced and refined her skills as an amateur art and at-home portrait photographer, particularly focussing on portraits of women and children, and exhibited her work in photographic salons.[4] She turned professional in 1908, with a focus in portraiture fashion and artistic photography.[1][4] She opened a studio in the city of Sydney in 1909 at 313 George Street, above the tailor Chorley and Co.[4][5]
Fletcher advertised her art photography using full page portraits of celebrities and socialites in Sydney Ure Smith's Art in Australia publication.[6][4] As well as portraiture, Fletcher also worked in fashion photography.
Fletcher associated with other artists, including Arthur Streeton, May and Mina Moore.[6] She had a particularly close association with Frank Bell, a photographer from Manly, she supplied him with his equipment, and helped him to develop his technique.[4]
Fletcher took photographs of artists, actors and academics, such as Arthur Streeton,[4] Marie Burke,[7] and Winifred Betts.[8] as well as prominent women in the philanthropy fields, such as Olive Kelso King, Mary Hughes,[9] and Thea Stanley Hughes.[10]
Fletcher continued to work and exhibit until the early 1930s.[4]
Personal life and death
Fletcher was a Theosophist, and in the 1920s she became involved in the Balmoral Beach Krishnamurti Star Amphitheatre movement.[4] Fletcher took a portrait of fellow theosophist, the social activist Annie Besant.[11]
On 28 August 1934 Fletcher married Gerard Paszek,[12] a Polish violin maker. After she married she relocated first to Mount Kuringai, and then to Glenorie where she lived for the rest of her life.[3] Her family stated that Paszek was a possessive man who would not let Fletcher out of his sight. She stopped connecting with former colleagues after her marriage.[4]
Fletcher died on 30 July 1970 in Glenorie, New South Wales, aged 84 years old.[13]
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