Jozef Vissel

b. 1935

Jozef Vissel (b. 1935), photographer, is best known for his 1965 portrait of architect Jørn Utzon, in the National Portrait Gallery collection. Born in Holland, Vissel is a Holocaust survivor whose parents died in Auschwitz. He began his career in Amsterdam as an apprentice to a leading commercial photographer before working in England. In 1960, he moved to Sydney, where he became a stills photographer in the film industry. Vissel then established his own studio, freelancing for advertising clients and the Australian Tourist Commission. He later worked as a photographer at Macquarie University. His photographs have appeared in publications in Australia, Europe, the USA and Japan and he has published two books, The Tongans (1978) and The Down Under T-shirt Thing (1979). The State Library of New South Wales holds a large collection of his work.

Updated 2021

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Portraits
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Tania Verstak
1962 (printed 2006)

Jozef Vissel
Jozef Vissel age 27

Sir Robert Helpmann
c. 1965 (printed 2015)

Jozef Vissel
Jozef Vissel age 30

National Photographic Portrait Prize

Self-portrait
2006

by Jozef Vissel
Jozef Vissel age 71

The painter
2008

by Jozef Vissel
Jozef Vissel age 73

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Jozef Vissel

b. 1935

Portraits (view all 13)

Tania Verstak 1962 (printed 2006)

Jozef Vissel Jozef Vissel age 27

Sir Robert Helpmann c. 1965 (printed 2015)

Jozef Vissel Jozef Vissel age 30