Monthly Archives: October 2011

The Speedo LZR Racer UPcycle student collaboration

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Paula Bray

This photograph by Powerhouse Museum photographer Marinco Kojdanovski shows the Speedo LZR Racer ‘UPcycle’student collaboration currently on display on level 2 of the museum. The… More

Lurex culottes

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Paula Bray

New Acquisition Obj No: 2009/43/1-2/17 Photographic print, fashion, black and white, mounted on card, Lurex Colette, designer Jo Bond, model Miki G...

This great fashion shot comes from the Bruno Benini photography archive that we acquired with funding assistance from the Australian Government’s National Cultural Heritage Account… More

Artist Anniebelle Marrngmarrnga

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Paula Bray

This photograph was taken by Marinco on a recent trip to Elcho Island where we were producing micro-documentaries about some of the artists featured in… More

Tools of the trade: post mortem dissection

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Paula Bray

This set of surgical instruments has been photographed to reveal a few tools in detail while showing the rest in place in their custom-fitted velvet-lined… More

Pamper your bike

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Paula Bray

Craft Punk: Bike BeSpoke
Craft activity directed at bicycle riders wanting to decorate their bikes using raffia, wool, cord and reflective tubing. ...

This photograph was taken recently at our Craft Punk:Bike BeSpoke event. This image shows the detail of the gear and bike chain from the ‘Bike… More

Fatal beauty

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph, showing a model wearing a silk lace and net hat called Fatal Beauty, is one of seven promotional photographic prints and the front… More

Double take

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

This black and white photograph captures a lighter side of two Australian personalities – Clyde Packer and Barry Humphries – skylarking at the urinals in… More

Rome, 1958

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

2009/43/1-4/1/3 Photographic print, black and white, Janice Wakely modelling a Ninette dress while standing on steps in Rome, Italy, Bruno Benini, ...

In 1958 photographer Bruno Benini travelled to Italy where he photographed Carla Baldacci and Janice Wakely modelling clothes by Crestknit, Sportscraft and Ninette. This photograph… More

Cast from ivory book cover in the Bodleian Library, Oxford

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Geoff Barker

This photo-mechanical print is one of the 24 Woodburytypes pasted into J. O. Westwood’s 1876 publication, ‘Fictile [casts of] Ivories in the South Kensington Museum’.… More

Royal tour

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

This week Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip landed in Australia for their 16th, and what… 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.