PublishedHachette, January 2013 |
ISBN9780733629600 |
FormatSoftcover, 384 pages |
Dimensions23.5cm × 15.5cm × 2.5cm |
Damien Parer was without doubt Australia's greatest war photographer. He helped create the Anzac legend and many, many of our iconic war images are his photographs. His most famous documentary is Kokoda Front Line, made during the darkest days of the campaign in mid-1942 (it went on to win Australia's first Academy Award).
His photographs and films brought the war home to Australians and are now an integral part of our military history. He died in action shot by Japanese machine gun fire, as he filmed an American advance on Peleliu. This is a colourful and authoritative story of a great Australian and includes many of his most iconic photographs.