Tag Archives: Benini

Melbourne 1957

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Paula Bray

2009/43/1-2/57 Photographic print, portrait, black and white, mounted on card, early model portrait of Helen Homewood wearing wide brimmed hat, ph...

This portrait of Helen Homewood wearing a wide-brimmed hat in Melbourne in 1957 comes from our Bruno Benini photography archive and is featured in the… More

Benini and Rosskamp

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Paula Bray

REC 12342 Bruno Benini, Gerd Rosskamp Collection.

This photograph shows Bruno Benini and Gerd Rosskamp with camera, working at Jolimont railway station, taken in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1957-1958. Our database states: German-born… More

Sportsgirl shoot 1967

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Paula Bray

Bruno Benini copywork - Rec 12116/1 Photographic prints, Bruno Benini, 1950-1980

On 23 May 1934, the notorious Texan bank robbers and criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were ambushed and killed. The pair, along with the… More

Framed

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Paula Bray

Creating a fashion photography shoot

Moya shoe gun shot

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Paula Bray

Bruno Benini photos for 1980s AV - Obj No: 2009/43/1-2/19
Photographic print, fashion, black and white, mounted on card, shoes, model Sandi Mitche...

For pure indulgence, as curator of the Powerhouse Museum’s Creating the look: Benini and fashion photography exhibition, I thought I’d post one of my very… More

The making of the digital Benini experience

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Paula Bray

This three minute behind the scenes look at the making of one of our digital experiences that we produced for our photography exhibition ‘Creating the… More

In the car wash

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Paula Bray

This photograph shows Di Sweeney modeling gumboots and wet weather suit from Melbourne’s Bottega boutique in a car wash in Drummond Street in Carlton, Melbourne.… More

Bruno Benini shoots for Sportsgirl

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Paula Bray

2009/43/1-9 Collection, photographs (prints, contact sheets, positives, negatives), designs, newspaper clippings and other material, some photograp...

This proof sheet showing images of model Jan Stewart was photographed by Bruno Benini in Melbourne in 1966. The following is an excerpt from our… More

Nerida Piggin on motorbike

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Paula Bray

When you can’t capture a shot outdoors for one reason or another (for example it might be raining) take the props into the studio! In… More

Digital installation at the Queen Victoria Building

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Paula Bray

This digital installation was photographed recently in the Queen Victoria Building where we had a large projection screen hanging in the middle of one of… 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.