Self portrait of Harriett Pettifore Brims

Harriet Pettifore Brims (1864-1939) was a pioneer female commercial photographer in

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, Australia. She opened a photographic studio in

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before moving to

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in 1904, where she established a new studio until she moved to

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in 1914. Her photographic work provides information on people and places in the pioneer days of

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. She was featured in the Magnificent Makers exhibition at the

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in 2018.

References

External links

Harriett Brims collection 1890-1930

. Collection of Brims' digitised photography. Australian photographers 1864 births 1939 deaths Australian women photographers 20th-century Australian photographers 20th-century Australian women {{Australia-artist-stub