Talk:Margot Donald

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Here are some useful resources for researching Margot Donald

Hall, Barbara; Mather, Jenni (1986). Australian Women Photographers 1840-1960. Brisbane: Greenhouse.ISBN 0864360398. (available in the Hub at PSC)
Newton, Gael (1988). Shades of Light. Canberra: Australian National Gallery. ISBN 0642081522. (available in the Hub at PSC)

Louibu (talk) 00:18, 2 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Zac you've made a good start on the Margot Donald page.

Watch out for subjective words like "talented". It's better to leave those out of an encyclopedia article. If she wasn't talented she wouldn't be having an article written about her!

Did you get all that information in the first paragraph from the Newton book? If so, more the citation to the end of the paragraph. Otherwise be sure to include another citation.

If you want to say 'sophisticated' with quotes then you need to cite where you got that word from.

"Greater work opportunities for women during World War II perhaps eased Donald’s entry into the studio system, but her steps towards an enviable expertise resulted from her own persistence and hard work: taking advantage of the facilities and knowledge of those around her to learn camera operating, gaining experience by working weekends with models (often straight off the street), then having the resulting prints critically appraised by the studio photographers – an informal, interactive version of the criticisms previously offered through amateur and semi-professional journals."

This is a very long sentence. Do you think you could rewrite that so it is easier to read?

I see you want to cite Trove. Is this for the Early Life section? It does need citing. Let me know if you need help formatting the citation.

Louibu (talk) 19:24, 19 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You will also find good information here: http://www.daao.org.au.

Louibu (talk) 04:17, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]