Author Description

Creating the look: Benini and fashion photography is a brief survey of Bruno Benini's five decades of professional photographic practice. The inspiration for the project is Benini's extensive archive, which the Powerhouse Museum acquired in 2009 from his widow, Hazel Benini, with funding assistance from the Australian Government's National Cultural Heritage Account. Hazel and Bruno Benini formed a highly successful and enduring creative partnership. Bruno was the suave, charming photographer and Hazel the vivacious, energetic fashion stylist and publicist. Their different talents -- his technical virtuosity and innate elegance, her fashion flair and inventiveness -- combined to produce a remarkable body of fashion photography spanning five decades.