Bruno Benini photographer - MAAS Collection

Italian-born fashion photographer Bruno Benini (born 1925) migrated to Australia from Massa Marittima in Tuscany, as a child in 1935, with his mother and siblings. His father arrived earlier. After studying Science at Melbourne Technical College (now RMIT University), Benini worked for a brief period for General Motors Holden, returning to Italy in the late 1940s. On his return to Australia, he decided to pursue a career as a fashion photographer, joining German émigré photographer Henry …

2009/43/1-2/72 Photographic print, portrait of artist Greg Irvine, black and white silver gelatin print, mounted on card, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1971

Photograph of Greg Irvine by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-4/14/2 Contact print, with four 4x5inch negatives on 1 sheet, black and white, female model posing in front of mirror, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1960s

Photographic contact sheet by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-2/27 Photographic print, fashion, black and white, mounted on card, Red Robin socks, models Lori Craig (on left) and Michelle (right) on the beach, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1975

Photograph of Lori Craig & Michelle by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-1/12 Photographic print, black and white, model Maggie Tabberer wears Phillipa Gowns black cocktail dress on verandah of a Victorian house, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1958

Photograph of Maggie Tabberer by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-1/45 Photographic print, colour, model Lori Craig wears embroidered Fiorucci maxi dress, studio photograph by Bruno Benini, styling by Hazel Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1975

Photograph of Lori Craig by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-2/23 Photographic print, fashion black and white, mounted on card, Madras cotton shorts and shirt by Nutmeg, model on bicycle, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1971

Photograph by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-5/5/14 Negatives, black and white, square 6 x 6 cm and rectangular 6 x 7 cm format, ' BETTINA [underlined] BLACK FUR DRESS & APRE SKI', photographs by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 April 1969

Collection of negatives photographed by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-2/50 Photographic print, commercial, black and white, mounted on card, photographs for editorial about Smoking accessories for the Sunday Observer newspaper, models Antonio Rodrigues and Marg Hanna with Glomesh cigarette case, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 197

Photograph of Antonio Rodrigues and Marg Hanna by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-1/3 Photographic print, black and white, model Diane Masters wears a Hall Ludlow black suit with pill box hat, location Melbourne University, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1956

Photograph of Diane Masters by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-5/19/2 Transparencies, colour, positives, model wearing Tartan, photographs by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, 1955-2000

Transparency photographed by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-4/9/2 Contact print (9 images on 1 sheet), black and white, studio photographs of a female model wearing a fur hat and coat designed by Lisal Furs, Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1970s

Contact print of a model wearing an outfit designed by Lisal Furs photographed by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-1/4 Photographic print, black and white, model Gretta Miers wears La Petite of Collins Street, Melbourne ballerina length full skirt, location National Gallery of Victoria, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1956

Photograph of Gretta Miers by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-1/1 Photographic print, black and white, model Pauline Kiernan stands alongside a couch wearing Theo Haskin evening gown, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1956

Photograph of Pauline Kiernan by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-2/38 Photographic print, fashion, black and white, mounted on card, Ninette, models Yvonne Goederman and Terry Scott, location Kangaroo Ground, Victoria, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1970

Photograph of Yvonne Goederman & Terry Scott by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-2/83 Photographic print, portrait, black and white, mounted on card, portrait of Mirka Mora, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1974

Photograph of Mirka Mora by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-3/14 Photographic print, black and white, model Jill Hamilton wears Fiorucci paper jumpsuit, location inner city car park, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, [1976]

Photograph of Jill Hamilton by Bruni Benini

2009/43/1-2/19 Photographic print, fashion, black and white, mounted on card, Moya shoe publicity, model Sandi Mitchell with shoe and gun, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1970

Photograph of Sandi Mitchell by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-1/2 Photographic print, black and white, model Catherine Patchell (nee Perkins) wearing Henry Haskin Gown of the Year, photographed in front of the 'Banquet of Cleopatra' painting in the National Gallery of Victoria, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1956

Photograph of Catherine Patchell (nee Perkins) by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-1/9 Photographic print, black and white, model Bambi Shmith, client Hall Ludlow, location Melbourne University, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1957

Photograph of Bambi Shmith by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-1/5 Photographic print, black and white, model Helen Homewood wearing Phillipa Gowns dress, standing in a doorway of Melbourne's Eastern Market (now demolished), photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1956

Photograph of Helen Homewood by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-5/25/1 Transparencies (12), colour, two models (Gay Vardis and Jan Meade), modelling sheath dresses in boxes, Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1960s

Collection of colour transparencies Gay Vardis and Jan Meade modeling photographed by Bruno Benini

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Unmounted photographic prints by Bruno Benini

2009/43/1-5/8 Negatives, transparencies, contact prints and 35mm slides, 'Accessories, Sunglasses, Oroton Bags, Holeproof socks, Red Robin, hats, jewellery (Matcham Skipper), VYI's - Venus, eyelashes', colour and black and white, photographs by Bruno Benini, some styling and props by Hazel Benini, M

Collection of negatives & transparencies photographed by Bruno Benini

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