Panoramas of Sydney and North Sydney

fonds

2008, 2016, 2018

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9676327

4 photographs - digital, TIFF, black and white, colour

Christopher Shain is a professional commercial photographer with over 35 years' experience, and is director of 'Images for Business' specialising in location and aerial photography for corporate clients.

Reference: Library acquisition file

Four contemporary digital panoramic photographs recreating historic panoramas.

Item 1: 1864 Freeman Bros & Prout panorama from Observatory Hill, Sydney, stitched and retouched digital photograph by Leo Carol, 2008

Item 2: Panorama of Sydney taken from Observatory Hill in 2008 by Christopher Shain and Leo Carol, recreating 1864 Freeman Bros & Prout panorama

Item 3: Panorama of North Sydney taken from Shore School in 2016 by Christopher Shain, recreating 1875 Panorama of Sydney from the Holtermann residence

Item 4: Panorama of Sydney taken from St James Church spire in 2018 by Christopher Shain and Leo Carol, recreating 1871 American & Australasian Photographic Company panorama

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

The panoramas were originally photographed as a series of separate RAW images and then stitched together in Photoshop to create seamless files (TIFFs).