Polo Match, Sam Hood, c. 1935
As a photojournalist, Sam Hood provided photos for newspapers including the Sydney Mail, Australasian, Daily Guardian, Sun and Sydney Morning Herald. He covered many of Australia’s landmark events, but on this occasion Hood captured a more personal moment. While covering a polo match, he photographed a man — perhaps a fellow journalist — asleep at the wheel of a car. Hood’s composition leaves the match in the background hanging like a ‘dream bubble’ over his head. PXE 789 (v.50) collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQRq2gd1/PaDqvXpLqwgL2
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Shot - 400 photographs | 200 photographers | 3 centuries
Free Exhibition - State Library of NSW (closes Nov. 2024)
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Polo Match, Sam Hood, c. 1935
As a photojournalist, Sam Hood provided photos for newspapers including the Sydney Mail, Australasian, Daily Guardian, Sun and Sydney Morning Herald. He covered many of Australia’s landmark events, but on this occasion Hood captured a more personal moment. While covering a polo match, he photographed a man — perhaps a fellow journalist — asleep at the wheel of a car. Hood’s composition leaves the match in the background hanging like a ‘dream bubble’ over his head. PXE 789 (v.50) collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQRq2gd1/PaDqvXpLqwgL2
On display in
Shot - 400 photographs | 200 photographers | 3 centuries
Free Exhibition - State Library of NSW (closes Nov. 2024)
Visit sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/shot
Online version - photogallery.sl.nsw.gov.au/?_gl=1*ouza4a*_ga*MjA4NjIyODUx....
Catalogue sl.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/shot_photography_galler...