Bronwyn Kidd Explained

Bronwyn Kidd (born 1969) is an Australian photographer known for fashion and portraiture who formerly resided in London 1992-2004, and now lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Early life

Bronwyn Kidd was born in Melbourne in 1969 to Robert Kidd (Melbourne, 1940–2004), a butcher, and Barbara Kidd (née Wilson, in Melbourne, 1942-2022). She undertook her upper-secondary education at Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School 1983-1986, where, using her father's Pentax ME II Super, her interest in photography began. Moving up to a Canon F1 at RMIT University she undertook a Bachelor of Arts 1987-1989. There, lecturer Alex Syndikas introduced her to the work of Sarah Moon and she discovered Cecil Beaton, Norman Parkinson and Athol Shmith, all of whose works were an influence on her.

Career

Eager to begin a career, Kidd left art school early, and she took work as an assistant to local fashion photographers. She soon moved to the United Kingdom, in 1992, where she worked with fellow Australian Polly Borland and fashion photographer Clive Arrowsmith.[1] At barely 23 years of age she was taken on by the Queen's couturier Sir Hardy Amies to shoot exclusively for his Savile Row seasonal collections and advertising. For these, she started to use a medium-format Rollei and hired famed British model Paula Hamilton. Kidd has expressed her angle on fashion as an admiration of beauty rather than mere 'sexiness'.

Since 1988 a number of her portraits of fashion designers, including Bella Freud,[2] [3] Bruce Oldfield (OBE),[4] Caroline Charles[5] and shoe designer Jimmy Choo[6] have been on exhibition at, and are held in, the National Portrait Gallery, London. Of portraiture, Kidd has said;

In 2004, Kidd moved back to Australia where she continued her success, concentrating on advertising, but also continued her portraiture, capturing important Australian icons; actress Teresa Palmer, and photographer Bill Henson. Her portraits began to feature prominently in the national press, and subjects include Judge Betty King, Vicki Roach, Philip Lynch, Rob Story, Fiona Smith, Kon Karapanagiotidis, Maxine Morand, Daniel Andrews, Helen Silver, Rod Eddington, Lindsay Tanner, Greg Hunt, Bernie Finn, Carole Francis, and artists Bill Henson, Sam Leach and Gareth Samson.[7] In 2016 she co-created, with long-time collaborator the creative director Virginia Dowzer, the image used to promote the National Gallery of Victoria’s 200 Years of Australian Fashion exhibition.

Kidd is represented by MARS Gallery, Melbourne.[8]

Selected awards

Exhibitions

Collections

Works

Publications about Bronwyn Kidd

Publications of photographs

Selected editorial

Advertising campaigns

External links

Notes and References

  1. Kate Sears, 'Bronwyn isn’t kidding around,' in Mornington Peninsula Magazine, 25 June 2019, p.70
  2. Web site: Bella Freud by Bronwyn Kidd, bromide fibre print, 1998 - National Portrait Gallery. www.npg.org.uk. 21 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Bella Freud by Bronwyn Kidd, bromide fibre print, 1998 - National Portrait Gallery. www.npg.org.uk. 21 May 2019.
  4. Web site: Bruce Oldfield by Bronwyn Kidd, bromide fibre print, 29 September 1997 - National Portrait Gallery. www.npg.org.uk. 21 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Caroline Charles by Bronwyn Kidd, C-type colour print, 4 July 1997 - National Portrait Gallery. www.npg.org.uk. 21 May 2019.
  6. Web site: Bronwyn Kidd - National Portrait Gallery. www.npg.org.uk. 21 May 2019.
  7. "The (Top 100) 2008, Melbourne's Most Influential People". The (Melbourne) Magazine, The Age, issue 51. Fairfax Media. January 2009. pp. 80–81.
  8. Web site: MARS Art Gallery Melbourne Bronwyn Kidd. en-US. 2020-03-16.
  9. Web site: Women in Photography Exhibition - Australian Photography. www.australianphotography.com. 21 May 2019.
  10. Web site: Chinese Connections - National Portrait Gallery. www.npg.org.uk. 21 May 2019.
  11. Web site: This is one shot the paparazzi didn't get. Suzanne Carbone and Lawrence. Money. 3 Mar 2008. The Age. 21 May 2019.
  12. Web site: A Collins-class tribute to bushfire survivors. 23 Feb 2009. The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 May 2019.
  13. Web site: 200 Years of Australian Fashion: 90 designers celebrate the fashion industry. HUMA3. en-US. 2020-03-16.
  14. Web site: New Living Arts Space exhibition pays homage to style City of Greater Bendigo. www.bendigo.vic.gov.au. en. 2020-03-16.
  15. Web site: Bronwyn Kidd. Fusebox Design. en-GB. 2020-03-16.
  16. Web site: Artists Talk: Bronwyn Kidd. Bendigo Tourism. 22 October 2019 . 2020-03-16.
  17. Web site: Bronwyn Kidd - National Portrait Gallery. www.npg.org.uk. en. 2020-03-16.
  18. Web site: 100 Fashion Icons. 2019-11-07. Sarah Daw. en-US. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200815172844/https://www.sarahdaw.com/autumn-2019/ . 15 August 2020 . 2020-03-16.
  19. Web site: Dynasty: an opulent family affair - Fashionising.com. 21 May 2019.
  20. Web site: Silver Snowflake Spreads : Queen by Bronwyn Kidd. TrendHunter.com. 21 May 2019.
  21. Web site: Print ad: Victoria Racing Club: Flemington - The Playground of Racing Royalty. Best Ads on TV. 21 May 2019.
  22. Web site: Print ad: Melbourne Writers Festival: War. Best Ads on TV. 21 May 2019.

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