Photograph by Bruno Benini
If Bruno Benini particularly liked a shot he would make a print or as Hazel Benini recalled 'create a blow-up and then put it up on his studio wall'. The walls of the studio were covered with these 20 x 24 inch prints. Unfortunately, some of these prints were damaged over the years and thrown out. In her private file of personal shots Hazel Benini has some photographs showing these studio walls. The archive also contains some references to this wall.

The Bruno Benini photography archive was acquired by the Powerhouse Museum with assistance from the Australian Government through the National Cultural Heritage Account.

Photographic print, portrait, black and white, mounted on card, model Jan Lewis with Greta Garbo look, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1965
Head shot of model Jan Lewis wearing a pearl necklace, hand at chin.
On reverse, upper centre, written in pencil, 'PORTRAIT OF JAN LEWIS 1965 / BRUNO ASKED HER TO GIVE HIM THAT / 'LOVED AND LOST LOOK' AS IN GARBO. / HE SAID TO LOOK SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HER / AND THE CAMERA LENS. I THINK THIS WAS / ACHIEVED. / PRINTED IN 1965', upper centre, stamped 'BRUNO BENINI / PHOTOGRAPHER / 6 McKILLOP ST. / MELBOURNE TEL 672633', upper left, in pencil, '43' in circle.

Photographer: Benini, Bruno; Melbourne, Victoria; 1965

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1965