Two friends resting under a tree

This photograph, from the museum’s Tyrrell collection, is titled ‘Two friends resting under a tree’. The location is unknown but the roots of the tree appear to be those of a Pandanus palm, usually found in the more northern areas of Australia.

The two men, although well dressed, are shown sitting casually in the middle of the bush and it the intention of the photograph may have been slightly humorous, playing on the incongruity between the men’s costume and their environment. The positioning of the two men beside the giant roots of the tree also gives a sense of scale, a device that was sometimes used to emphasise the exotic flora of the Australian landscape, such as in another photograph from the Tyrrell Collection posted previously on Photo of the Day.

Post by Kathy Hackett, Photo Librarian

Photography by unattributed studio, Tyrrell Collection, 85/1286-503

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Tags: bush scenes, men, trees

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.