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'''Harold Pierce Cazneaux''' (30 March 1878 – 19 June 1953), commonly referred to as '''H. P. Cazneaux''', was an Australian photographer; a pioneer whose style had an indelible impact on Australian photographic history. In 1916, he was a founding member of the [[pictorialism|Pictorialistpictorialist]] Sydney Camera Circle. As a regular participator in national and international exhibitions, Cazneaux was unfaltering in his desire to contribute to the discussion about the photography of his times. His career between the Wars established him as "the country's leading pictorial photographer".<ref name=Ennis>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126925632 |author=Helen Ennis |title=Artist who raised professional levels |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=68 |issue=21,472 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=29 January 1994 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=49 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Cazneaux was born in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]], a son of Emily Florence "Emma" Cazneau, née Bentley (14 May 1855 – 24 March 1892)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canterburyphotography.blogspot.com/2014/02/cazneau-emily-florence.html |title=Cazneau, Emily Florence |publisher=Early Canterbury Photography |access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref> and Pierce Mott Cazneau (c.23 November 1849 – 20 April 1928), sixth son of [[Liverpool]] artist{{efn|Edward Lancelot Cazneau is a known artist in Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/irishartists/edward-lancelot-cazneau.php |title=Edward Lancelot Cazneau |publisher=Library Ireland |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref>}} Edward Lancelot Cazneau.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13388315 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |volume=LXXV |issue=12,055 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 January 1877 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} Note surname here mis-spelled "C'''o'''zneau".</ref> They married on 23 December 1876<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108199934 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Evening News (Sydney)]] |issue=2971 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 January 1877 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and emigrated to [[Melbourne]] in 1886.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11581235 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=12,615 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=30 November 1886 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Around 1890 they moved to Adelaide, where Pierce Mott Cazneau was employed by [[Hammer & Co.]] in [[Rundle Street]]. His wife died in 1892.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24817259 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)]] |volume=XXXIV |issue=19436 |location=South Australia |date=30 March 1892 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1895 Pierce Mott Cazneau, who was by then manager of the studio,<ref name=adb/> married again, to Christina Margaret Jane Harley (c.12 October 1867 – 17 February 1938). They had four more children: Jack, Pip, Dot, and Harley, living at Ebor Avenue, [[Torrensville]], later 355 Esplanade, [[Henley Beach]]. In 1901 Pierce Mott Cazneau was living at [[Payneham, South Australia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4928198 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)]] |volume=XLIV |issue=13,415 |location=South Australia |date=16 October 1901 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Around 1902 the family changed their surname to Cazneaux, perhaps starting with Carmen Cazneaux,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article200794729 |title=Amusements |newspaper=[[The Evening Journal (Adelaide)]] |volume=XXXV |issue=9865 |location=South Australia |date=19 August 1902 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> a promising singer.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212155657 |title=Music |newspaper=[[The Critic (Adelaide)]] |volume= |location=South Australia |date=23 May 1903 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

He was a founder of [[The Sydney Camera Circle]], whose [[pictorialism|Pictorialistpictorialist]] "[[manifesto]]" was drawn up and signed on 28 November 1916 by a group of six photographers: [[Cecil Bostock]], James Stening, W.William S.Stewart White, Malcolm McKinnon and James Paton, later joined by [[Henri Mallard]].<ref>{{cite journal| title = Sydney Camera Circle, founded 28 November, 1916 | journal=Discover Collections | publisher = State Library of New South Wales |year = 2017 | url = http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/blogs/sydney-camera-circle-founded-28-november-1916}}</ref> This group pledged "to work and to advance pictorial photography and to show our own Australia in terms of sunlight rather than those of greyness and dismal shadows".<ref>Harold Cazneaux letter to Jack Cato National Library of Australia Manuscript MS 5416</ref><ref>Gael Newton "Silver and Grey: fifty years of Australian photography 1900 - 1950", Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1980</ref>[[File:WilliamHardyWilson.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Cazneaux' portrait of architect, artist and author, [[William Hardy Wilson]], at home.]] He left Freeman & Co. in 1917<ref name=Ennis/> or 1918,<ref name=adb/> to work freelance, with greater creative freedom.

*RainbowJean W.Lilian Cazneaux (c.20 1908–December 1909 )– married11 ([[Royal AustralianJanuary Navy|RAN]]1980) Lieut.married HughEric MalanaiJames JohnsonBlundell (1431 JanuaryDec 19051909 – c.28 JulyJune 19431986) onof 5 JuneRoseville, 1894NSW

*(May)Carmen BerylFlorence Cazneaux (294 MarchApril 19111913 – 15 October 2003)

*Harold Ramsay Cazneaux (13 March 1920 – 14 September 1941) with 2nd AIF, died at [[Tobruk. ]]

*Carmen Cazneaux (3 March 1882 – 1966) married Ralph "Bert" Hammer ( –1964) on 6 September 1905,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56857590 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)]] |volume=LXX |issue=18,386 |location=South Australia |date=17 October 1905 |access-date=2 August 2023 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> They had a home "Aroha", 96 First Avenue, [[St Peters, South Australia|St Peters]], a suburb of [[Adelaide]]. "Bert" was a son of studio photographer [[William H. Hammer]].

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