John Chester Cato was an Australian photographer and teacher. Cato started his career as a commercial photographer and later moved towards fine-art photography and education. Cato spent most of his li
John Cato and fiancee, Dawn Cadwallader
Elizabeth Durack, 1961, by John Cato
Louis Athol Shmith, FRPS, was an Australian studio portrait and fashion photographer and photography educator in his home city of Melbourne, Australia. He contributed to the promotion of international
John Cato
…before being hired by The Argus as a press photographer in 1947. Cato held that position until 1950 when he became a photographer and assistant for Athol Shmith Pty Ltd. in the Rue de la Paix building at 125 Collins Street, Melbourne. He married Dawn Helen Cadwallader of Brighton at the register at St. Mary's…
Lt Hamilton Lamb MLA photographed by Athol Shmith; a portrait typical of those he produced of service personnel during WW2
Athol Shmith demonstrates lighting techniques to a second year photography class at Prahran College of Advanced Education in 1975.