Sydney Opera House sail and cloud

August 9th, 2008 by imageservices

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This minimalist, graphic image of one of the sails of the Sydney Opera House was photographed for our new exhibition on modernism in Australia. The Musuem photographers have been experimenting with photographing some of the classic city sites that have been important in the modernist era. Danish architect Jørn Utzon designed the Sydney Opera House after he won a competition in 1957 after submitting preliminary sketches.

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Photography by Marinco Kojdanovski.
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0

The Powerhouse Museum's Photo of the Day blog features a new image each day, chosen from the Powerhouse Photo Library.

The majority of these images have been taken by Museum photographers for a variety of purposes such as for exhibitions, of objects in our collection, events, behind-the-scenes and location shots. We also feature many images taken by our Flickr community and from our visitors. We hope you enjoy the photographs and stories.

The licensing of each image varies however we are trying to release as many as possible under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.1 license.