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Damien Parer (1912–1944), photographer and filmmaker, became friends with Max Dupain in the 1930s, often taking photographs with him on excursions to the beach and bush. In 1933 Parer started working with the feature film director Charles Chauvel, for whom his projects included Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940).
Damien Parer and George Silk, photographers with the Department of Information at Tobruk Harbour, preparing to capture the next air raid. During the Greek (April) and Syrian (June-July) campaigns, as well as the Tobruk siege (April-December), Parer primarily took motion pictures with a few stills.
Damien Peter Parer (1 August 1912 – 17 September 1944) was an Australian war photographer. He became famous for his war photography of the Second World War, and was killed by Japanese machine-gun fire at Peleliu, Palau.
Damien Parer. 1912 - 1944 | VIC | Cameraman, photographer. Parer was one of Australia’s best-known combat cameramen. As official movie photographer for the AIF, he decided early to film from as close to the action as possible.
He married Elizabeth Marie Cotter during a period of leave on 23 March 1944 at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. Parer returned to work and was killed by a burst of Japanese machine gun fire on Peleliu Island on 17 September 1944 while filming front line operations with the US Marine Corps.
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Photograph 044860. Description. Even sixty years after his death Damien Parer remains one of Australia's most well-known combat cameramen. He was born on 1 August 1912 at Malvern in Melbourne but was educated largely in Bathurst, at Saint Stanislaus School.
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Apr 26, 2014 · Parer had an enormous affect on so called “war photography” before the term was coined or indeed “embedded” in our consciousness. Today the image of the macho “war photographer” has nurtured an industry of imagery that fulfils a public obsession of tragedy and blood.
