
Mervyn Bishop
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Brewarrina |
Australia | |
On view | Art Gallery of New South Wales |
Known for | Photography |
Awards | Red Ochre Award |
Nikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer of the Year | |
Works | Life and death dash |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 797272 |
Mervyn Bishop Life story
Mervyn Bishop is an Australian news and documentary photographer. Joining The Sydney Morning Herald as a cadet in 1962 or 1963, he was the first Aboriginal Australian to work on a metropolitan daily newspaper and one of the first to become a professional photographer.