Photographic colour transparencies of Bronte House, 2000-2002 / photographed by Simon Griffiths

ON 623

fonds

2000-2002

Graphic Materials, Photographs

1001747

36 transparencies - colour

Simon Griffiths is an established commercial photographer. His garden and food photographs have been published in numerous books produced by people of note, including Kylie Kwong, Stephanie Alexander and Paul Bangay.

Bronte House is one of the oldest houses in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, and is one of only a small number of houses designed by accomplished colonial architect Mortimer William Lewis. Over the years a number of people of note have resided at the property, including Lewis, the Lowes and Schofield.

Simon Griffiths

36 photographic colour transparencies depicting interiors, exteriors and garden of Bronte House during the time Leo Schofield occupied the house. The photographs show the garden and document the process of planting and upkeep. A smaller number focus on the house, depicting the exterior and interior architecture, and how the rooms were decorated by Leo Schofield. Twenty-one of the photographs have been published in the book 'The garden at Bronte by Leo Schofield', 15 of the images did not appear in the publication.

1. Path underneath arch
2. Path with palm tree on right - Lovers' Walk
3. Exterior - -bay window of dining room
4. Lawn with purple agapanthus
5. Archway over path showing early planting
6. Long exterior shot of western façade, Norfolk Island Palm centre
7. Verandah
8. Western façade side angle with two brugansia
9. Photo of garden bed showing illusion of depth
10. Late afternoon sun on garage
11. Urns on the lawn
12. A view of the white and yellow borders, with arch and house in background
13. Various contrasting foliage
14. Succulent garden with seat
15. Entrance to succulent garden
16. Slabstone steps to succulent garden
17. Rockery with succulents
18. Plants in rocks
19. Lovers' walk path
20. Port Jackson fig
21. Frangipani next to brugmansia
22. Exterior side garage (unpublished)
23. Eastern verandah (unpublished)
24. Archway with sea in background (unpublished)
25. Trees and arch (unpublished)
26. View to dining room through drawing room door (unpublished)
27. Leo gardening (unpublished)
28. Leo with Brendan Lewis (unpublished)
29. Fountain in foreground, with house behind (unpublished)
30. Close up exterior eastern terrace (unpublished)
31. Drawing room (unpublished)
32. Regency semicircular seat on eastern terrace (unpublished)
33. Succulent garden (unpublished)
34. Bay windows in dining room (unpublished)
35. Terracotta pots and ferns (unpublished)
36. Various foliage (unpublished)

Copyright status:: In copyright
Copyright holder:: Simon Griffiths has transferred copyright to the State Library of New South Wales
Research & study copies allowed:
Rights and Restrictions Information:: Permission to publish required from State Library of New South Wales
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and courtesy Simon Griffiths

21 images have been published in The garden at Bronte / Leo Schofield ; photography by Simon Griffiths. Ringwood, Vic. : Viking, 2002.

Titled and dated by cataloguer.
Contents list provided by photographer.