A National Gallery of Victoria touring exhibition at the Bendigo Gallery featured 90 commercial and fashion photographs from 1900 to 1950’s. It showcased Melbourne’s most well known photographers from the latter period including Bruno Benini, Athol Shmith, Helmut Newton, Henry Talbot and Wolfgang Sievers, all of whom had established studios in this arts precinct. The “Paris End” book launch looked in depth at the top end of Collins St, with it’s boutiques, cafes and restaurants which was also a thriving creative precinct during the first half of the twentieth century, reflecting the changing face of Melbourne.

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