Why photograph signs?

Published by Paula Bray on March 13, 2009 0 Comments

Watch out for the penguins, originally uploaded by owenfm.

Signs can be a very powerful form of communication and they are everywhere. Signs are a universal and ageless form of communicating something. Signs are designed to attract our attention but perhaps not always in the way that they initially intended to. This sign comes from our new group on Flickr called Sign design in Australia and is one of my favourites. In this group we want to see images of signs that have grabbed your attention in some way, be it funny, strange, mundane, graphic or clever. Our aim is to showcase these images in our new exhibition about signs that will be part of the Sydney Design Festival this year. We have had a great number of images contributed so far but if you have any images of signs you can contribute then we would love to see them in our group.

Photography by owenfm
License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

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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 use in exhibitions and publicity, and to record the many aspects and activities of the Museum - from public events, programs and exhibitions to behind-the-scenes and location shots. We also highlight certain photographic objects from our collection.

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