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Ikon Studio

Black and white street photograph of three women linking arms standing in the street.

Family photo reunion

Imagine visiting an exhibition and discovering a photograph of yourself and your family that you had never seen before

Black and white photograph of two adults and three children walking in a line holding hands in urban setting. This view is up Martin Place toward Macquarie Street, Sydney.

Ikon Studio

During the public call out for our Street Photography exhibition an extraordinarily rare collection of street photography negatives came to light. The Ikon Studio negatives provide a fascinating visual narrative of the street photographer at work

Ikon Studio archive finding aid

Ikon Studio Archive

The Ikon Studio archive of candid street photography is a documentation of everyday life on one busy Sydney city street recorded over several days in 1950

Candid street photograph of pedestrians taken in Martin Place, Sydney, by an unknown Ikon Studio photographer during 1950.

Ikon Studio: photo galleries

Browse a selection of images from the Ikon Studio collection shot between May and December 1950 in Martin Place, Sydney

Black and white street photograph of pedestrians

Snapped! The Ikon Studio street photographer at work

A remarkable acquisition of 5000 street snaps provides a lively and revealing record of one Sydney street in 1950 and offers a rare glimpse through the street photographer’s lens

Candid street photograph of pedestrians taken in Martin Place, Sydney, by an unknown Ikon Studio photographer during 1950.

Vali Myers: teenage Ikon in street photograph

Two young women stride confidently, hand in hand, up Sydney’s Martin Place on a sunny winter’s day in 1950