Tag Archives: portraits

Daoist monk from Baiyunguan Temple

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

A Taoist monk whom I met in Pai Yun Kuan and again later on the sacred mountain of Hua Shan in central China to which… More

Ladies costume in the ’80s

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

Document from the Powerhouse Museum Collection

This unidentified young woman of the 1880s wears her hair with a fringe, a style that was fashionable from the early years of the decade.… More

Florence in feathers

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

Feather fans from the music hall stage used by performers such as Mistinguett at the Moulin Rouge and the Ziegfield Follies dancers were a source… More

The corner portrait

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

96/44/1-3/58 Neg46 Model test shots of Wendy Harrop for Richards Stores . We later took her to Greece and London where she remained and later becam...

This 1971 photograph from the David Mist archive collection shows model Wendy Harrop posed in a corner set. The photograph was a test fashion shot… More

Seller of coloured paper lanterns and whistles

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

Much of the life of Peking people took place in the streets. Most household essentials were hawked through the streets, each hawker with his… More

International Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Kathy Hackett

Lady Marion Hall Best taken in her salon at Queen Street Woollahra Image appears on pages 68-69 in the publication 'Made in Australia'

Each year around the world, International Women’s Day, (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women. This… More

Miss Munro, Freeman Brothers Studio, 1871-1880

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Paula Bray

This image comes from the Freeman Brother studio collection and we have recently uploaded these into a new set into our Flickr Commons account. The… More

Miss Tittell Brune and Mr Douglas Gerrard

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Iwona Hetherington

This is one of a large collection of postcards received by the Hall family of West Maitland between 1905 and 1925 and donated to… More

Girl drawing

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

Tyrrell glass plate negative 66/329 unattributed studio, portrait of woman [Miss M Stoddart] at easel.

This portrait photograph from an unattributed studio depicts a young woman posed with a drawing board and pencil, c.1895. Like many portrait photographs of the… More

Style and form

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Kathy Hackett

This photograph by Max Dupain, signed and dated 1936, captures something of the essence of 1930s style, in both subject matter and composition.… 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.