Tag Archives: night

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

Harbour glimpse

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

North Sydney pool designed by architects Rudder and Grout

Powerhouse Museum photographer, Jean-François Lanzarone, captured this unusual glimpse of Sydney Harbour looking towards Walsh Bay whilst working on location at North Sydney Olympic Pool… More

Wild Weather: Flickr group highlight

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Paula Bray

This great photograph was taken by one of our Flickr contributors who added this photo to our Wild Weather group on Flickr. This is the… More

Wild weather Flickr group highlight

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Paula Bray

This photograph That has captured a lightning storm in Massy, Ile-de-France using a Canon EOS 20D has been added to our Wild weather group on… 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

One week left to enter Trainspotting

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Paula Bray

There is only one more week to enter our photographic competition Trainspotting. We have been receiving some great images into our group on Flickr. The… More

It’s a city on the move

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Paula Bray

96/44/1-5/4/68/2 Neg 3181 As used on page 71 in book

This wonderfully, moody, night shot showing cars exiting a tunnel in the Sydney city area was photographed by fashion photographer David Mist and appeared in… More

Circular Quay at night

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Paula Bray

96/44/1-5/4/177/2 Neg 4954 As used in book on page 164

This night shot was taken by David Mist and was published in his book ‘Sydney, A Book of Photographs’ back in 1969. This black and… More

Observing the stars

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Paula Bray

This image of the night sky taken at the Sydney Observatory was photographed by one of the members form our Me and the Powerhouse Museum… More

The shopfront at night

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Paula Bray

This wonderful image was taken by one of the members from our Modern Times group on Flickr. I love the short depth of field used… 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.