Monthly Archives: December 2011

New Year’s Eve – feet first

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

Shoes were an important element in Bruno Benini’s photography practice, as Hazel Benini writes in Creating the Look: Benini and fashion photography: Shoes were a… More

Happy holidays #5 Sorrento

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph from the Bruno Benini archive was shot on location at Sorrento in Victoria in 1959. It shows Helen Homewood and Arthur Leydin (1932-2010)… More

Happy holidays #4 Bondi Bay

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph of summer bathing at Bondi was taken by Henry King and is part of the museum’s Tyrrell collection of historical photographs. It shows… More

Happy holidays #3 Bondi Beach

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

Original neg missing substitute neg no2125 Tanya Binning on surfboard off Bondi beach

This photograph by David Mist shows Tanya Binning on a surfboard sowewhere off Bondi Beach in Sydney. The photograph was taken for David Mist and… More

Happy holidays #2

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

This charming group portrait is part of the museum’s Tyrrell Collection of historical photographs. Although the condition of the photograph itself is poor, the image… More

Happy holidays #1 Lake Conjola

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

94/63/140/3 Glass negative, quarter plate, girl waving to camera, Thomas Lennon, Lake Conjola, New South
Wales, Australia, 21 February 1937
The ne...

This photograph, from the Tom Lennon archive, was taken at Lake Conjola, New South Wales, on the 21st of February, 1937. The negative may be… More

Shoes, Christmas balls and tinsel

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Iwona Hetherington

New Acquisition Obj No: 2009/43/1-3/5 Photographic print, black and white, of imported Italian shoes for opening of Raymond Castles shoe store, Mel...

Merry Christmas from Photo of the Day! This perfectly framed advertising shot of Italian platform sandals with Christmas decorations in the background was taken by… More

Charlotte Rolfe

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Iwona Hetherington

We have chosen these two photographs from the archive of Dahl and Geoffrey Collings for this post. They were included on Christmas cards sent to… More

Heady days at the Whisky à go go

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

96/44/1-5/4/119/2 Neg 5181 As used in book on page 118

David Mist shot this photograph whilst gathering images for his 1969 publication, Sydney: a book of photographs. The late 1960s was a boom time for… More

Dangerous Leopard

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

Dangerous Leopard is the name that New York celebrity milliner, Mr John, gave to the ensemble of leopard skin and feather hat with matching gloves… 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.