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The Harbour City

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR @ 50 mm, 1/4 sec at f/5.6, ISO 2000

During Vivid Sydney each year the harbour city is a spectacular sight at night. Here at Campbell’s Cove or anywhere around Circular Quay from 6PM to 11PM each night during vivid the whole cityscape is lit up

Here I was shooting the projections of the Ninget Universe on the old ASN Clocktower building. With a wider view to include some of the Circular Quay cityscape lit up at night

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR @ 50 mm, 1/5 sec at f/5.6, ISO 2000 x 35 Frames

Campbell’s Cove

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR @ 50 mm, 1/4 sec at f/5.6, ISO 2000

Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.

Smash

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 46 mm, 1/30 sec at f/4, ISO 2000

Near the George St end of the Goods Line Walk you will find Smash (right near the Goods Line DJ Stage)

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 46 mm, 1/30 sec at f/4, ISO 2000 x 24 Frames

Tightly strapped in bejewelled stilettos, they stomp and splash in puddles of silver paint. In Smash, provocative visual artist Marilyn Minter shatters illusions of glamour

Hunting Ground Reflections

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 60 mm, 15 sec at f/10, ISO 64

An oldie but a goodie… I first shot this composition about 10 years ago. Reflections of the lighting of the Opera House sails in the windows of the Park Hyatt Sydney

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 60 mm, 1/8 sec at f/4, ISO 2000 x 58 Frames

Customs House – For Sydney with Love

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Ken Done and Sydney. A love story spanning 80 years

A master of colour, Ken captures the joy of Sydney like no other artist and this vibrant animation projected onto Customs House shows how his beloved city informs all his work. It is a story of optimism, colour, and sheer delight

NIKON Z 7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 24 mm, 1/5 sec at f/5.6, ISO 800 x 30 Frames

New at this years Vivid Sydney is a set of installations along the length of the Goods Line Walk. This runs from near the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo through the University of Technology Sydney Haymarket Campus to George St

At the Powerhouse Museum end we have this installation titled We Dream the City

Fragments of lost worlds and forgotten faces flicker across the back of the Powerhouse Museum, animating visions of our city streets through time. As you stroll past, the projections become a 130m long meditation on the many ideals, innovations and transformations that have shaped Sydney in its emergence as a modern metropolis. We Dream invites us to reflect on how we are collectively shaping the future of the urban realm