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Title: NSW Seniors - Members - Win a DP to see the Street Photography exhibition Post by: oldfellow on Thursday 06 June 2019, 05:07:31 am https://www.seniorscard.nsw.gov.au/news-activities/competitions/win-a-double-pass-to-joe-cinques-consolation
Win a double pass to see the Street Photography exhibition (https://www.seniorscard.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0008/38717/COL_CSLRC_Ikon_K615_37-June-EXTRA.jpg) Win a double pass to see the Street Photography exhibition Street Photography is the latest exhibition at Museum of Sydney, exploring the heyday of this once popular but now forgotten genre of photography. Street photographers were a familiar part of central Sydney life from the 1930s to the late 1950s. Armed with small portable cameras and positioned around the city, they photographed hundreds of pedestrians each day. Emerging at a time when personal cameras were rare, these inexpensive black-and-white postcard-sized photos were hugely popular, and quickly became a lucrative business. With the street photography phenomenon spanning three decades, the number of these images could be in the millions – a vast private archive of people from all walks of life, and an incredible record of Sydney. The exhibition features over 250 images that collectively give a glimpse into the everyday life of Sydney and its people during the Depression, World War II and postwar years. The images recall a time when people dressed up in their Sunday best, the women in hats and gloves and the men in suits. Captured in the background are glimpses of Sydney’s architecture, from the still-recognisable locations of Martin Place, Circular Quay and Hyde Park to signs advertising long-gone shops and popular landmarks. This extraordinary record of Sydney and its people is presented alongside a new series of works by photo-media artist Anne Zahalka. Responding to the images that echo her own memories of Sydney, Zahalka has restaged nine of the original images, with descendants (and in one case, the original subjects) photographed in similar locations to where their parents or grandparents once stood. For more information, please visit the website. Enter the competition for your chance to win a double pass to see Street Photography at Museum of Sydney and on show until 21 July 2019. Competition closes on Friday 21 June 2019 |