Monthly Archives: June 2010

Mods revival

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Paula Bray

The two dancers - taller one is Allana Bedford, the short one is Stephanie Menere, Owners of the scooters - older man in red shirt is Graham O'Bri...

On the 15th and 16th of May this year we held a Mods Revival weekend where we had scooters on display, showed mod films, held… More

We have a new group on Flickr dedicated to wild weather

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Paula Bray

This fantastic image of storm clouds was taken by one of the members in our new group on Flickr that is dedicated to wild weather.… More

What’s in the workshop #11

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Paula Bray

This morning we found Sana, a lone conservator, tinkering away in the workshop. The workshop (with its industrial sized saws, angle grinders, nail guns, spray… More

Prince Kung

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Paula Bray

John Thomson Travel Through China talk - Obj No:2007/19/1 book of woodburytype prints of photographs taken in China by John Thomson between 1869 an...

This collotype print is of Prince Kung, uncle to Chinese Emperor Tung-che. It was taken by John Thomson in 1871 and is the first image… More

Coal from the Illawarra powering the pacific

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Paula Bray

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Glass negative, full plate, 'Wollongong', Kerry and Co, Sydney, Australia, c. 1884-1917

The wagons in this photo are filled with coal mined from the cliffs around Wollongong. The coal might have been on its way by boat… More

Digital gallery experience

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Paula Bray

Work is progressing on the digital experience that our Image Resource Centre Coordinator, Jean-Francois, has spent months creating for the upcoming photography exhibition Creating the… More

What’s going on in the photography studio?

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Paula Bray

Photo by Paula Bray Photo by Marinco Kojdanovski Photo by Marinco Kojdanovski Last Thursday in the photography studio we had an all-day shoot producing audio… More

Celebration

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Kathy Hackett

The ink brush, ink, paper and inkstone are the principal implements of east Asian calligraphy, considered both an art and a discipline. The brush is… More

Layar: augmented reality application

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Paula Bray

This is a screenshot taken from an iphone that was running a mobile application called Layar. This mobile application works by using the phone’s camera,… More

Under the palms

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Kathy Hackett

Detail facade, Sydney Technical College, Mary-Anne st

Although arched windows and palm trees might first suggest Spain or Morocco, this photograph was actually taken not far from the Powerhouse Museum here in… More

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.