Born: 1906, 28 July - Fiji, Sigatoka Died: 1976, 28 October - Fiji, Suva Gender: Male Active: Fiji / Pacific Islands
Well known photographer and newspaper columnist in Fiji where he was a Public Relations Photographer and Officer with the Fiji Colonial Government. He accompanied Royal visits and recorded the everyday life of Fiji with many of his photographs appearing on stamps and publications.
Fiji in the Forties and Fifties Photography By Rob Wright, Text by Ian Thomson, edited by Peter Thomson (Thomson Pacific Ltd., 1994, ISBN: 0473027402)
In addition to his photography he wrote a column on fishing in a local newspaper for about thirty years and published a book on the subject With Hook Line and Snorkel in the South Pacific (Sydney, Pacific Publications, 1969).
Genealogy of Rob Wright
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