Monthly Archive for October, 2008

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Then and now

Published by Paula Bray on October 11, 2008 0 Comments

These two images show Circular Quay taken from almost the same angle. The image on the left comes from our Tyrrell photographic collection shot c.1884-1917 and the image on the right was shot by Museum photographer Marinco Kojdanovski earlier this year.

We have been enjoying looking at the contemporary comparison images that match the same locations as our Tyrrell photographic images posted on the Commons project on Flickr. You can view these at our Tyrrell Today group. Please post some of your shots here if they match up with any of our historical Tyrrell images.

Check this fantastic Flickr and Google street view mashup by Paul Hagon that matches our geotagged Tyrrell images to street view.

Photography on left by Kerry and Co
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Photography on right by Marinco Kojdanovski
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Australia Square detail

Published by imageservices on October 10, 2008 0 Comments

This image shows a detail of a section of the ribbed ceiling to the Harry Seidler designed tower Australia Square located in Sydney. This circular office tower was completed in 1967 and has 50 stories of office spaces with the Summit Restaurant on the 47th floor. The tower is made of concrete and spans 42 metres in diameter. This was photographed for the exhibition Modern Times: the untold story of modernism in Australia. You can see more of our images and other great shots of Seidler works on this Harry Seidler Buildings set on Flickr.

Photography by Marinco Kojdanovski
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Tobogganing on snow shoes

Published by imageservices on October 9, 2008 0 Comments

This great image comes from the Tyrrell photographic collection showing a group of men tobogganing down a snowfield. We have been researching this collection to find images to load to the Commons project on Flickr and we came across this image recently. We have not fully catalogued this image yet and are not sure of the location or the exact date of when this was taken. It may be around Kiandra where some of the other images from the Tyrrell collection were taken. You can see some of these on our snow set on Flickr.

Photography by Kerry and Co.
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More good food

Published by imageservices on October 8, 2008 0 Comments

Smoked salmon and bread photographed during a dinner held at the Museum.

October is Good Food Month in Sydney and New South Wales where food is celebrated with a range of events from street festivals to cooking classes.

For more information on the 11th annual Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Month see their website: http://gfm.smh.com.au/

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Photography by Marinco Kojdanovski

Architecture in China

Published by imageservices on October 7, 2008 0 Comments

The southeast corner of the tower of the city wall in Beijing. (Shot from southeast looking northwest) Photographed for the exhibition The Great Wall of China: dynasties, dragons and warriors.

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Photography by Jean-François Lanzarone

A board of shearers

Published by imageservices on October 6, 2008 0 Comments

Labour Day is a public holiday, which, in the state of New South Wales, falls on the first Monday in October and commemorates the achievements of the Australian Labour movement. The celebration of Labour Day in the western world has its origins in the eight hour day movement which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation and eight hours for rest. Together with mineworkers, shearers were prominent in organising unksilled and semi-skilled workers during the 1880s. This image, from the studio of Kerry & Co, is part of the Tyrrell photographic collection. See more of the Tyrrell collection on the Commons project on Flickr.

Photography by Kerry & Co, Sydney, Australia, c.1884-1917.

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Reaching for the mirror

Published by Paula Bray on October 5, 2008 0 Comments

This great image was taken by one of the members in our Modern Times group on Flickr. This building was photographed with Yashica twin lens reflex camera. The photographer has noted in the description that this was taken on the first 120 roll film used by the photographer. If you take a look at this on the all sizes page on Flickr you can see the amazing detail captured in this shot. The use of black and white and the square format produced by the twin lens has made this a great interpretation on modernism in Australia from a contemporary perspective.

Photography by mugley
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Red Kangaroo Paw

Published by Paula Bray on October 4, 2008 0 Comments

This Australian native flower was photographed late last year on a trip to Coffs Harbour to photograph and interview one of the women featured in our Indigenous Women’s exhibition Yinalung yenu: women’s journey. This Kangaroo paw took my attention due to the intense red colour of the flower. According to Australian National Botanic Gardens the colour is influenced by the fine coloured hairs that are on the flower and sometimes the stalk. These bird attracting plants grow naturally in the southwest of Western Australia and have a short life span of a few years as they are prone to disease.

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Photography by Paula Bray
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Underwater viewing

Published by imageservices on October 3, 2008 0 Comments

This photograph was taken at the Centenary Pool Complex in Brisbane, which was designed by James Birrell and constructed in 1959. The image is part of an immersive made up of swimming pool images that features in the Powerhouse Museum exhibition, Modern Times: the untold story of Modernism in Australia.

Photography by Jean-Francois Lanzarone

Good food

Published by imageservices on October 2, 2008 0 Comments

Small tarts displayed on a platter at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. These tarts were photographed using a shallow depth of field to draw the viewer’s attention to the foreground and to suggest limitless quantity in the blurred background.

October is Good Food Month in Sydney and New South Wales where food is celebrated with a range of events from street festivals to cooking classes.

For more information on the 11th annual Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Month see their website: http://gfm.smh.com.au/

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Photography by Prudence Upton

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