State Library of New South Wales
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Sunday 20th December 2015 Another beautiful day, and we set off once more to
explore. First stop – the State Library of New South Wales, which
occupies an imposing building overlooking the Royal Botanic Gardens on the
corner of Macquarie Street.
The grand facade of the State Library of New South Wales.
Statue of Matthew Flinders, who charted much of
Australia’s coastline, and behind him on the windowsill, Trim, his cat.
The main entrance hall to the State library – the
Tasman map of Australia.
The main reading hall. Inside the State Library are a couple of exhibition halls
and here we found one entitled ‘What a Life’, an exhibition
of rock photographer Tony Mott’s work. Sheffield-born Mott had
stumbled into photography whilst working as a chef, and had made a good living
at it, photographing many of the top pop stars for promotional materials,
magazines and album covers. We spent a happy hour peering at his
work, picking out the artists we knew, and marvelling at some of his shots.
Railway carriage from Tony Mott’s house, used in
many of his photos of pop
stars. A poser...
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