Tag Archives: Melbourne

In the studio

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Paula Bray

Toni Maticevski, Fashion Designer in Yarraville, Victoria

This image shows fashion designer Toni Maticevski in his studio in Melbourne. We were lucky to be invited to Toni’s studio to film his story… More

INTER-LACE: artist Toni Maticevski

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Paula Bray

This micro-documentary was produced for our Love Lace exhibition and features the artist Toni Maticevski and his artwork that he made for the compeition. His… More

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

Lurex culottes

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Paula Bray

New Acquisition Obj No: 2009/43/1-2/17 Photographic print, fashion, black and white, mounted on card, Lurex Colette, designer Jo Bond, model Miki G...

This great fashion shot comes from the Bruno Benini photography archive that we acquired with funding assistance from the Australian Government’s National Cultural Heritage Account… More

Gerard Herbst

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Paula Bray

This gorgeous photographic print details Gerard Herbst, Art Director at Prestige Ltd (standing on right, holding light meter), with model Elly Lukas (seated) and photographer… More

Inter-Lace: artist Douglas McManus

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Paula Bray

Douglas McManus in Brunswick Studio VICTORIA

Photography by Marinco Kojdanovski License: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 This documentary, produced for our Love Lace exhibition, has been made to reveal a… More

Athol and Georgia

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Paula Bray

In an interesting reversal of roles, in the above photograph we see Melbourne fashion photographer Athol Shmith with model Georgia Gold striking a pose in… 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

Place your bets!

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Paula Bray

Here we see a throng of punters in front of the building that housed the tote at Flemington racecourse in Melbourne. There appear to be… More

Modern Times: Flickr group highlight

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Paula Bray

This great, black and white image comes from our Modern Times group on Flickr. This group features images that represent modernism from a contemporary perspective… 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.