Series 1: Photographs of homeless people in Sydney taken by Leon Saunders for Shadow People

PXD 1648/Boxes 1-3

series

1969-1976

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9682004

93 photographic prints (4 boxes) - 41 x 51 cm or smaller

Exhibition prints and proofs, 16”x20” or smaller:
Box 1
1-3. [Homeless men, the Rocks, Sydney, approx. 1969-1970]
4-5. Syd [outside the Matthew Talbot Hostel, 1976]
6. Jimmy outside the Matthew Talbot, 1976
7. [Jock with bottle of methylated spirits and men waiting outside the Matthew Talbot Hostel, 1976]
8. Jock & Jimmy outside the Matthew Talbot, 1976
9. Charlie [standing outside Matthew Talbot Hostel, 1976]
10. Charlie [close up portrait with missing teeth, 1976]
11-13. [Men waiting to be let in at the gate of the Matthew Talbot Hostel, 1976]
14. [Two ladies] in the Bourke [hotel, corner George and Goulburn Streets, 1976]
15-16. [Close up portraits of] The Baron [underneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1976]
17-18. The Baron [leaving the Mercantile Hotel, 1976]
19. Dan [in Haymarket, 1976]
20. Bert [Belmore Park, near Central Railway station, on his way to the Bourke Hotel, 1976]
21. [Close up portrait of] Bert [outside the Bourke Hotel, 1976]
22. [Two unidentified men drinking in the Bourke Hotel, 1976]
23-24. Mavis [outside the Ship Inn, Circular Quay, 1976]

Box 2
1-2. Smokey [Boomerang Place, near William Street, 1976]
3. [Unknown man displaying his scars, 1976]
4. Rudolph Valentino [i.e. John in Hyde Park, on his way to the Paragon Hotel at Circular Quay, 1976]
5-6. Rudolph Valentino [i.e. John in the Paragon Hotel, 1976]
7. [Portrait of a young Aboriginal mam at the Rocket Range, Pitt Street, signed] Leon Saunders, 1975
8. Footpath drinkers [William Street, Darlinghurst, 1976]
9-12. George [with methylated spirits bottle, Trumper Park, Edgecliff, 1976
13-15. South African Bob & short legs Dave [inside their squat in Darlinghurst, 1976]
16. South African’ Bob [showing where he was stabbed while he was sleeping in an empty car, 1976]
17-18. Peter [at Central Railway station, 1976]
19. Duncan [at Eddy Avenue, near Central Railway station, 1976]
20. Lunch at the Foster Hilton [also known as The House of Bricks, The Salvation Army hostel in Foster Street, Surry Hills, 1976]
21. Len [in Belmore Park, near Central Railway station, 1976]
22. Len [in the Foster Hilton, 1976]
23. Panhandle Jack [drinking from bottle, 1976]
24. The Rushcutters Bay mob [with] Jimmy, Mary and Tilbury Bill, 1976]
25. Careless Hands George [sleeping in Rushcutters Bay Park, 1976]
26-27. [Jimmy and] Careless Hands’ George [in Rushcutters Bay, 1976]
28. Careless Hands George [showing his teeth in Rushcutters Bay, 1976]
29. Mary [with] Jimmy and tilbury Bill [in Rushcutters Bay, 1976]
30. Careless Hands George [singing with] Jimmy, Mary & Tilbury Bill [in Rushcutters Bay, 1976]
31. Clairvoyant John [in The Civic Hotel, Pitt Street, 1976]
32. Smokey the epileptic [William Street, 1976]

Layout prints and proof prints
Box 3
36 photographic prints, black and white, 10”x 8” including 21 various subjects; 7 from ‘George’ series and 8 from father (John ‘Jack’ Cody) and son reunion series.

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

Captions are transcribed unless indicated by square brackets.

Most photographs have pencil captions, and photographers stamp on verso.