Hawkesbury-Nepean floods in Camden and Shanes Park, New South Wales, 2022 / photographs by Dean Sewell

fonds

March and July 2022

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9669235

11 photographs - digital, TIFF, colour

Dean Sewell (1971-) is a Sydney based photographer. He started his career as a new photographer for the Sydney Morning Herald. He won World Press Photo Awards for his work on the tsunami aftermath in Aceh, Indonesia, 2005; Australian bushfires, 2002; and East Timor, 2000. He was Australian Press Photographer of the Year, 1998 and 1994. Sewell co-founded the Australian photographic collective, 'Oculi", 2001.

The Hawkesbury-Nepean floods in July 2022 were the fourth major flooding event in the region for the year. The Sydney suburbs near the Hawkesbury-Nepean River were again flooded after torrential rain in July, 2022. The river peaked at 13.93 metres, approximately at midday 5 July, the biggest flood since March 1978.

References:
Library correspondence file
Oculi. "Dean Sewell". Accessed 5 January 2023. https://www.oculi.com.au/dean-sewell

This collection consists of digital photographs of the effects of the Hawkesbury-Nepean River flooding in Camden, Shanes Park and Wilberforce, New South Wales.

Item 01: Wilberforce, M & A Butchery selling produce on street after shop flooded, March 2022.
Item 02: M & A Butchery Wilberforce underwater, during floods, March 2022
Item 03: Camden Showground underwater; A ferris wheel is among water damaged buildings during floods, 3 July 2022
Item 04: Camden Show Society Hall, as water continues to rise during floods, 3 July 2022
Item 05: Camden residents stand along Cawdor Rd watching floodwaters, July 2022
Item 06: Camden couple in flooded premises, Camden, July 2022
Item 07: Shanes Park fruit and vegetable gardeners assess crops affected by floods, July 2022
Item 08: Shanes Park residents with dog, during floods, July 2022
Item 09: Shanes Park resident and green vegetable producer, during flooding, July 2022
Item 10: Shanes Park family being evacuated in boat, during floods July 2022
Item 11: Lettuce crops damaged during floods, Vella Produce, Camden, July 2022

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Dean Sewell
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder