H&H Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (2005)
by Jiawei Shen
This portrait by Jiawei Shen is a stunning picture of a stunning lady.. (Yes I am a self confessed Princess Mary lover).. In terms of giving the viewer a sense of the subjects identity there are two key elements.
There is the Sydney Opera house outside the window, iconically Australian and the Insignia of the Knight of the Order of the Elephant, Denmarks highest award/recognition. Now it does not give a full insight into Princess Mary as a person, afterall she is not simply a Dutch/Australian, she is the Princess of Denmark, but to an Australian it is this assosciation that we make when we think of Princess Mary. This is how we know her and what we know her to be..
Michael Klim (1999)
by Jonathan Anderson and Edwin Low
By the way the other students surrounded this image, I get the feeling it might be popping up in others blogs in much the same way.. Surely you can see why though.. This Portrait of Michael Klim is technically perfect, while it is visually and artistically amazing..
Michael Klim is renound for being a swimmer, he has one kazillions of medals, broke records etc etc etc (if you want to know more about that stuff read his plaque thingmajig)..
What better way to depict a swimmer.. than from underwater.. his formidable pose leaves nothing to the imagination (common theme in my blog) in how formidable an athelete he was..
Now on to the National Archives of Australia
Image Number 125
by Unknown
Both my National Archives images were from the Faces of Australia wall.. I searched online trying to find names of the photographers etc, but their guide to the wall was offline, might try and find it again another time..
The first image is of a strapping lad playing AFL.. Of all the images surely this one can only be Australian.. AFL.. Australian Football League.. Not played anywhere else.. and what better "aussie" passtime is there than watching footy.. (atleast in the southern states..)
The first image is of a strapping lad playing AFL.. Of all the images surely this one can only be Australian.. AFL.. Australian Football League.. Not played anywhere else.. and what better "aussie" passtime is there than watching footy.. (atleast in the southern states..)
Image 77
by Unkown
This image is of dry, cracked earth with a famer and his wife (presumably) and this is very typical of Australia.. Though droughts happen all over the world and maybe more oftern who knows, but Australia has routinely been in and out of drought for all of recorded history..
As such, this image, to me is very typical of Australia.
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