Tag Archives: 60s

Back streets of Paris

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Paula Bray

92/1950-5/2 Cibachrome print, Australian model Judy O'Connell wearing a Pierre Cardin striped coat dress in a Paris street, Henry Talbot, Paris, Fr...

The Museum may currently be hosting the Creating the look: Benini and fashion photography exhibition which draws on the amazing fashion photography archive of Italian-born… More

To watch others at sport

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Paula Bray

96/44/1-5/4/135/2 Neg 478 as used in book on page 130-131

This image showing spectators watching a race at Randwick Racecourse comes from the David Mist Photographic archive collection. This particular image was also published in… More

Fashion on South Melbourne Beach

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Paula Bray

2009/43/1-5 Photographic negatives, positives and transparencies, photographs by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1953-2000

A bleak and breezy day on South Melbourne Beach forms an evocative backdrop for this fashion photograph of 1961 by Bruno Benini showing Janice Wakely… 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.