Displays
Current displays
Street
- Venue:
- Lower ground floor
On display until 31 October 2013
In Street, nine Sydney photographers showcase their city in their own way utilising technology, from large format film to iPhone cameras, to capture the beauty and humour that exist in the familiar. These pictures are a reminder to look up as daily life bustles past. Street features new work from local photographers Derby Chang, Stephen Godfrey, Lyndal Irons, Kaily Koutsogoannis, Steve Marshall, Geoff Roberts, Garry Trinh, Franky Tsang and Brent Winstone.
Photograph: Stephen Godfrey, Walking to Central, 2012
Presented in association with Head On Photo Festival
Black on White: Belinda Mason
- Venue:
- Level 1, Macquarie Street
On display until 25 August, 2013
The project began as Yolngu on Balanda (central Arnhem Land language group) back in 2008 when Djammarr Djordila and photographer Belinda Mason travelled to remote communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, at the first anniversary of the Australian Government’s Intervention Policy, to hear community reactions and ask them to record a visual record of their opinion.
The goal was to give audiences an understanding of the feelings Aboriginal (Yolngu) Australians have about white (Balanda) Australians and their culture. Since then the project has expanded across Australia.
The image of Djammarr won the Australian Human Rights Photographic Award in 2008.
Photograph: Belinda Mason, Djammarr Djordila, Maningrida, NT; winner, Australian Human Rights Photographic Award, 2008
Presented in association with Head On Photo Festival
Benjamin Lowy: iAfghanistan
- Venue:
- Macquarie Street foyer
On display until 21 July 2013
iAfghanistan presents a selection of Benjamin Lowy’s work produced over nine years following the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. It shows Afghans still plagued by many of the same issues they experienced under the Taliban — poverty, violence and extremism. It also shows a more free-spirited society than is usually seen in the media.
'Using an iPhone as part of a continuing project, I tried to capture the zeitgeist of Afghan society in a more subtle and perhaps technologically innovative way.'
Benjamin Lowy
Photograph: Benjamin Lowy
Presented in association with Head On Photo Festival
Pieces of Wedgwood
- Venue:
- Macquarie Cases
Wedgwood’s association with Australia started in the 1770s when the firm produced cameo portraits depicting scientists and collectors connected with Cook’s Pacific voyages. In 1789 Josiah Wedgwood issued a medallion made from Sydney Cove clays sent from the new colony to his friend Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society.
This display comes from the Mitchell Library’s realia collection. The collection includes some 70 Wedgwood medallions, portrait medallions and vases dating from the 18th to the 21st centuries.
