The lovely Mark has featured my image on his blog and has picked a wonderful piece of new music to go along with it. Pop on over to his great new blog, Music Sounds Better With a View, which pairs photography and new music together, to have a look and a listen! Thanks for featuring my image! I love the track you chose to go with it!
Also, in other exciting photo-related news…
This image was handpicked a few days back by the photo editor at RedBubble and was featured on their front page! I took this on my little point and shoot down in Dupont Circle station one night when I was waiting for the metro… I actually think I may have been slightly intoxicated at the time due to sangria consumption. But it has been appreciated apparently, which is nice! (I still haven’t sold ANY prints on RedBubble though… don’t think it is exactly a moneyspinner lol).
There’s a clip of the image on the front page. You can view the image on RedBubble by clicking here.
Perhaps the most heartening about this was that I took this photo on my little point and shoot that I keep in my handbag, not my fancy-pants SLR that got stolen. It’s a good reminder that I should keep shooting even though I only have very back-t0-basics equipment right now…
On the banks of the Murray River, Albury NSW (No date). From State Records NSW Collection.
I 
really love old photos… and thanks to the internet, I can still experience the joy of wading through some while sipping some tea (shush, I’m not a nanna!), despite Indonesia’s fantastical lack of museums and libraries (not to mention my lack of motivation in the wet season to leave my room…).
I love the feelings of nostalgia they bring back… even if it’s nostalgia for a time or place that I never really experienced. So strange. But I love it. I especially love looking at what things are still the same, and what has changed… especially the style. In the picture above, which is taken just a few blocks from my family home, I can identify the bend in the river and I love the swimsuits…
So I’ve been looking at some pics on Flickr… from government collections, and I also found a whole set from my hometown of Albury, mostly by the late Jack Dallinger, whose family still own a photography store on the main street. It’s amazing how many of the buildings still look the same. I found some old photos of Indonesia as well, here and here. The pictures really go to show that while some things change, others stay the same…
Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction, 1930. From State Records NSW Collection.
