Nicholas Caire (1837-1918)

Aliases: Nicholas John Caire

Professions: Photographer

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  NICHOLAS JOHN CAIRE Guernsey 1837 - 1918 Melbourne

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  VICTORIA: "Gippsland Scenery" Series by Nicholas

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  Photographs: VICTORIA: "Gippsland Scenery" Series

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  ABORIGINALS: "Mia Mia on Mission

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Nicholas Caire Biography

(b Guernsey, Channel Islands, 28 Feb 1837; d Melbourne, 13 Feb 1918). Australian photographer of Guernsey birth. After his arrival in South Australia c. 1858, he pursued his interest in photography while working as a hairdresser, becoming a professional photographer in Adelaide in 1867. Economic recession led him to move in 1870 to the neighbouring colony of Victoria, where he worked as hairdresser and photographer in the goldfields settlement of Talbot. By 1871 he was able to open a studio in the larger town of Bendigo, achieving commercial success with carte-de-visite portraits and local views. He had an interest in art, having tried his hand at painting, and became a precursor of Pictorial photography, converting the formally posed group portrait into the conversation piece and producing landscape scenes with human interest genre subjects and picturesque effects to meet a growing nationalistic demand.

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