Tag Archives: crowds

The fledgling photographer

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph of Sydney’s Waratah Festival parades and was created by David Mist for his 1969 publication, Sydney: a book of photographs. Although the focus is on the… More

To sport themselves in the sun…

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

96/44/1-5/4/150 Neg4246 as used in book on pge 139.

This portrait of a young woman was created by David Mist for his 1969 publication, Sydney: a book of photographs. In the book the photograph appears as part… More

Just married, August 7, 1932

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph, from the Tom Lennon photographic archive collection, shows the wedding day of Ivy Springett and Henry Hillier of Woolwich, Sydney. The Springetts chose… More

Palmer’s mystery hike #2

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

This happy crowd were taking part in Palmer’s Mystery Hike No. 2, which was from Valley Heights in the lower Blue Mountains along the old… More

Swinging Sydney

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

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David Mist, for Qantas. Models at Kings Cross, b&w print.

This photograph by David Mist was created for the Qantas ‘Pacesetters’ campaign in 1968. Pacesetters offered discount fares to London via Asia to Australian and… More

Heady days at the Whisky à go go

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

96/44/1-5/4/119/2 Neg 5181 As used in book on page 118

David Mist shot this photograph whilst gathering images for his 1969 publication, Sydney: a book of photographs. The late 1960s was a boom time for… More

It’s a city on the move #3

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Kathy Hackett

96/44/1-5/4/66/1 Neg 4627 As used in book on page 70

This photograph was created by David Mist for his 1969 publication, Sydney: a book of photographs. His caption for this image in the book reads:… 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.