page_title: Charles Kerry
section_title: Work and commissions
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Kerry / Work and commissions
context_page_description: Charles Henry Kerry was an Australian photographer noted for his photographs that contributed to the development of the Australian national psyche and romance of the bush.
context_section_description: In 1885 Kerry was asked to prepare an exhibit of Aboriginal portraits and corroboree pictures for the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition. In 1890, the Governor of New South Wales, Lord Carrington, appointed Kerry as his official photographer.
  In 1891 Kerry was commissioned to photograph the Jenolan and Yarrangobilly Caves. An innovative artist, Kerry used the still-experimental technique of magnesium flash powder to capture the interior of the Jenolan Caves. By 1900 Kerry handled the major illustrations for the local press. In 1908 he photographed the visit of the American Fleet and the Burns–Johnson heavyweight boxing match. To gain an aerial view of the arrival of the Great White Fleet he mounted a camera on a box kite.
caption: Skiers from the 1900 Kiandra Snow Shoe Carnival by Charles Kerry
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