New acquisitions:
The work of F.A. Joyner

Displaying a newly-acquired suite of silver gelatin photographs, the exhibition New acquisitions: The Work of F. A. Joyner marks the debut of South Australian photographer Frederick Allen Joyner (1863–1945) to the Horsham Regional Art Gallery collection.

Frederick  Joyner was born in Adelaide in 1863. He was a solicitor and plant breeder as well as an accomplished photographer. Joyner was a leading figure in Australia’s Pictorialist movement, which emphasised beauty, atmosphere, and emotional resonance in photography.

Over the course of the late 19th and early 20th century, Joyner’s lens documented Australian industrial progress and the land, in particular the Flinders Ranges and other parts of South Australia.