Sydney Town street portraits, March 2014-August 2015 / photographs by Jon Lewis
Sydney Town street portraits, March 2014-August 2015 / photographs by Jon Lewis
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March 2014-August 2015
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Pictures and Photographs
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50 photographs - digital, TIFFs black & white
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of photographer plus 70 years
Copyright holder : Jon Lewis
Research & study copies allowed
Approval for reproduction required
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, and Courtesy Jon Lewis
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1. Street Portrait 1, "Text Me", Queen Victoria's Statue, Sydney, New South Wales, 27 March 2014
2. Street Portrait 2, Town Hall, George St, Sydney, New South Wales, 26 May 2014
3. Street Portrait 3, City Road, Chippendale, New South Wales, 27 May 2014
4. Street Portrait 4, City Road, Chippendale, New South Wales, 27 May 2014
5. Street...
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Sydney Town street portraits, March 2014-August 2015 / photographs by Jon Lewis
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Acquired in digital format. Access copy available online
This collection of photographs was selected by the Library from images taken by Lewis throughout 2014 and 2015 for a street photography project Lewis entitled “Sydney Town Portraits”.
Street Portrait nos. 1, 3, 4, 8, 11, 14, 21, 22, 25-29, 32, 34, 37, 39, 47-49 exhibited in 'Beauty in difference: the street photography of Jon Lewis', Level 1, Macquarie Street building, State Library of New South Wales, 4 March to 27 August 2017....
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Contents list and titles supplied by photographer.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Jon Lewis, November 2015
Administrative / Biographical history
Jon Lewis was born in Maryland, USA, and came to Australia in 1951. He has been exhibiting both nationally and internationally since 1974.
Regarding his street portraits Lewis writes "...Each day I walk the streets of inner Sydney making portraits of people that represent the city’s human geography: a demographic of nationalities and backgro...
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Yj7oJV79
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7oJV79
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1006117
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