Pre-visit exhibition walkthrough

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CREATING THE LOOK: Benini and Fashion Photography

Guide your students on a journey through Benini exploring the incredible archive of renowned fashion photographer Bruno Benini.

This exhibition walkthrough for Benini provides an overview of the:

• Physical layout and exhibition sections

• Key objects

• Audiovisual and interactive

• Relevant online teaching and learning resources

Benini

Exhibition entrance

Level 2

Exhibition Floor plan

Sections:1. Bruno Benini Photographer2. The Benini Studio3. Benini’s Darkroom4. Benini Exposed 5. After Benini: Fashion image makers today

Audiovisual (AV): Top contemporary fashion photographers talk about Benini’s work and their own

Interactive (IA): Strike a pose – take part in a fashion shoot on a Benini-style shoot

Introduction

Bruno Benini Photographer

Bruno Benini Photographer

Bruno Benini Photographer

Bruno Benini Photographer

Bruno Benini Photographer

The Benini Studio

The Benini Studio

Strike a pose

The Benini Studio

Benini’s Darkroom

Benini’s Darkroom

Darkroom experience Running time: 3 min

Benini’s Darkroom

Benini Exposed

Running time: 10 min

Benini Exposed

Benini Exposed

Benini Exposed

After Benini: Fasion image makers now

Reading area

After Benini: Fasion image makers now

After Benini: Fasion image makers now

AV

Online resources & related program materials

1. Creating the look: Benini & Fashion Photography microsite, http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/benini/

2. Oral histories and interview,http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/benini/video.php

3. The Bruno Benini archive collection,http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/collection=Bruno_Benini_Archive

4. The Bruno Benini photography archive, Anne-Marie Van de Ven, Curator, Visual Communications, Powerhouse Museumhttp://www.dhub.org/articles/1237

5. The Benini book,http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/publications/publications_item.php?id=243

Related Powerhouse exhibitions & resources

1. The 80s are back, level 3 (till Dec 2010)

2. Frock stars: inside Australian Fashion Week, level 1 (till 17 Oct 2010)

Image credit: All images used are from the Powerhouse Museum collection

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