Tag Archives: lights

Trainspotting highly commended:railway infrastructure

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Paula Bray

This image was selected for our Trainspotting 2012 photography competition and exhibition. This photograph, taken in Los Angeles, California, was highly commended in the railway… More

Earth Hour: switch off your lights

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Paula Bray

Today we celebrate Earth Hour, ‘one of the world’s largest environmental events in history’ where around 135 countries worldwide switch off their lights. This very… More

Trainspotting: highly commended image

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Paula Bray

This photograph was taken by one of the highly commended winners from our Trainspotting photography competition that will now be featured in the exhibition we… More

William Street at night

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Paula Bray

This night shot of William Street looking eastward up to the top of Kings Cross, Sydney’s notorious red light district, was taken by London-born Sydney… More

Trainspotting 2011

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Paula Bray

This beautiful, early morning shot of a railway station platform was photographed by one of our Flickr members who entered our Trainspotting photographic competition last… More

Small stories big picture:Flickr group highlight

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Paula Bray

This lovely image was taken during the Sydney Design event Small stories big picture, a cycling event exploring the design precinct around Surry Hills. The… More

Street lights and telephones keeping a city functioning

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Paula Bray

Whale oil lamps might have provided the first public lighting in Australian streets. They were replaced in 1841 by coal gas lamps, like the one… 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.