Tag Archives: Italy

Trainspotting highly commended: railway infrastructure

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Paula Bray

This is one of our highly commended photographs from our Trainspotting 2012 photography competition. This image titled ‘SanRemoEntry’ was selected by the judges in the… More

Rome, 1958 #2

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

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

In 1958 photographer Bruno Benini travelled to Italy where he photographed Carla Baldaracci and Janice Wakely modelling clothes by Crestknit, Sportscraft and Ninette. This is… More

Rome, 1958

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

2009/43/1-4/1/3 Photographic print, black and white, Janice Wakely modelling a Ninette dress while standing on steps in Rome, Italy, Bruno Benini, ...

In 1958 photographer Bruno Benini travelled to Italy where he photographed Carla Baldacci and Janice Wakely modelling clothes by Crestknit, Sportscraft and Ninette. This photograph… More

Cast from ivory book cover in the Bodleian Library, Oxford

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Geoff Barker

This photo-mechanical print is one of the 24 Woodburytypes pasted into J. O. Westwood’s 1876 publication, ‘Fictile [casts of] Ivories in the South Kensington Museum’.… More

Windows, Burano

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph of a wall with some windows on the island of Burano, near Venice, was taken by designer Gordon Andrews while travelling through Italy… More

Benini creates a romantic atmosphere

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

In 1958 Australian fashion photographer Bruno Benini was in Italy, visiting his family and taking fashion photographs with the help of his model friends Janice… More

Benini in Italy

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Paula Bray

This image is from our Bruno Benini photograph archive and is featured in our publication ‘Creating the look: Benini and fashion photography.’ it is accompanied… More

Bicycle repairs

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph from the Gordon Andrews design archive shows the exterior of a bicycle repair shop in Italy in the 1950s. Andrews often photographed details… More

Girl in the Oval Fountain

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Paula Bray

This black and white shot taken at the Villa d’Este in Tivoli near Rome, Italy is one of my favourite photographs taken by Italian-born, Melbourne-based… 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.