Unidentified French merchant marine officer of the Societe Nationale D'Affretements

Photographer Samuel J Hood Studio (Australian, 1899 - 1953)

Date1916-1930

Object number00020738

NameNitrate negative

MediumEmulsion on nitrate film.

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionThis image depicts an officer of the French shipping company Societe Nationale D'Affretements standing on board a vessel. His uniform bears the letters of the company, SNA, and his jacket has three gold braids on the sleeves.SignificanceThe Samuel J Hood photographic collection records an extensive range of maritime activity on Sydney Harbour, including sail and steam ships, crew portraits, crews at work, ship interiors, stevedores loading and unloading cargo, port scenes, pleasure boats and harbourside social activities from the 1890s through to the 1950s. They are also highly competent artistic studies and views - Hood was regarded as an important figure in early Australian photojournalism. Hood’s maritime photographs are one of the most significant collections of such work in Australia.