Photo of the Day

A new photo from the Powerhouse Museum every day

Tag Archives: Indigenous

Lino cut

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Paula Bray

This photograph was taken by our photographer Marinco on a trip to Elcho Island where we were producing micro-documentaries about some of the artists featured… More

Elcho Island

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Iwona Hetherington

IS-3263 LOVE LACE Elcho Island cross media documentary

Powerhouse Museum photographer Marinco Kojdanovski took this photo of Elcho Island landscape in June last year. He was a part of the team documenting the… More

Behind the scenes: Love Lace #9

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Paula Bray

IS-3263 Mavis Warrngilna Ganambarr, LOVE LACE Elcho Island cross media documentary

This photograph was taken on an island off the coast of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. We were fortunate to send a film crew… More

Elcho Island

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Paula Bray

IS-3263 LOVE LACE Elcho Island cross media documentary

Photography by Marinco Kojdanovski © All rights reserved This photograph was taken on an island off the coast of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.… More

Ancient Indigenous hand weaving

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Paula Bray

Love Lace master class with Mavis Ganambarr and Cathie Martin. Ancient (Indigenous) hand weaving techniques using pandanus. People seated on floor ...

This image was taken during a master class for our Love Lace exhibition that featured Mavis Ganambarr and Cathie Martin who were showing Indigenous hand… More

Artist Anniebelle Marrngmarrnga

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Paula Bray

IS-3263 LOVE LACE Elcho Island cross media documentary. I was very pleased to meet artist Anniebelle Marrngmarrnga when the plane from E I stopped ...

This photograph was taken by Marinco on a recent trip to Elcho Island where we were producing micro-documentaries about some of the artists featured in… More

Love lace: behind the scenes #9

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Paula Bray

IS-3263 Ruth Lulwarriwuy, LOVE LACE Elcho Island cross media documentary. Ruth --- is working on a new lampshade, attaching bundles of pandanus le...

This photograph was taken by Marinco on a recent trip to Elcho Island where we were producing micro-documentaries about some of the artists featured in… More

Behind the scenes: Love lace #8

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Paula Bray

IS-3263 Mavis Warrngilna Ganambarr, LOVE LACE Elcho Island cross media documentary. Mavis is making a lino cut of her lampshade that is in the exh...

This photograph was taken by Marinco on a recent trip to Elcho Island where we were producing micro-documentaries about some of the artists featured in… More

Behind the scenes: Love lace #7

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Paula Bray

This photograph was taken by Marinco on a recent trip to Elcho Island where we were producing micro-documentaries about some of the artists featured in… More

Love lace: behind the scenes #6

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Paula Bray

IS-3263 Mavis Warrngilna Ganambarr, LOVE LACE Elcho Island cross media documentary. Mavis removes yellow pandanus leaves from the boiling pot afte...

This photograph was taken by Marinco on a recent trip to Elcho Island where we were producing micro-documentaries about some of the artists featured in… 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.