January 2001, Luna Park, Melbourne
Me with my travelling companion and friend, Helen. This was taken in my favourite photobooth at Luna Park in Melbourne. Helen was visiting from the UK.
This strip of photos comes from my series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here. I am still adding to this project using mostly digital booths to create the images.
25 November 2000, Luna Park, Melbourne
Me and an old school friend, Lisa in a favourite photobooth at Luna Park.
I still love the old black and white booth photos more than any other type. Unfortunately I am afraid that, like this booth and friendship, they will be gone soon.
Below and from the same year, I kept a travelcard celebrating the facade of Luna Park.
This strip of photos comes from my series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here. I am still adding to this project using mostly digital booths to create the images. I am growing more and more fond of these newer booths, despite their lower quality output.
22 September 2000, Melbourne, Victoria
Another of my guide dog puppies, Vinson was adored by all children, but especially by two, Giosue and Francesco. Their adoration of this dog made giving him up more difficult than usual. Telling them that he would no longer be with me when they came to visit, was heart-breaking, such was their devastation at the news.
Vinson graduated and became a fully fledged guide dog. He was sent to Japan where he had to relearn all his commands in Japanese. Unfortunately he was unable to deal with the noise and frantic pace of life in Tokyo, so he was retired. He was adopted by a family from a smaller city, where, I hope, he lived very happily.
These come from my series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.
8 July 2000, Melbourne, Victoria
This is Grant and I in a rare Polaroid photobooth photo. He was one of my ‘respite care’ guide dog puppies. Being a black dog on a dark background, he isn’t too easy to see, but he was a very handsome boy.
Due to my failing health and the commitments of my business, I was no longer able to raise pups full-time. I took in trainees who had been injured, had had an operation or suffered from some other issue that meant they needed time to rest. Hopefully they would then be fit enough to return to their training.
The day after this photo was taken Grant was ‘decommissioned’ by Guide Dogs Victoria due to an unresolved issue which precluded him from completing his training. I believe he went back to his original puppy raising family.
I have no recollection of the location of this booth, not having made a note of it at the time. However, I suspect it was at Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne. There were four photos in the original set.
These come from my series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.
17 June 2000, Southland Shopping Centre, Cheltenham, Victoria
One day in June, 2000, my darling friend and virtual sister Petrina and I went on a shopping expedition to get some cosmetic luxuries. With those came a free make-up session at Chanel. I don’t think either of us, before or since, have been plastered with quite as much make-up as we were that day. It was a fun thing to do together and had to be commemorated with some photobooth photos, of course!
These come from my series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.
28 February 2000, Melbourne Central Station, Melbourne
One of the best aspects of having been a Guide Dog of Victoria puppy raiser was the ability to go anywhere with your dog, including restaurants, shops, the cinema and all public places animals would not normally be allowed.
I took this photo strip on the first day that my first graduate, Charlie, came to Melbourne University with me. I was studying for a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education.
The Guide Dog Association is always very appreciative of the work volunteers do for them. Below are just two of the certificates they gave me during the three years I was involved with them.
When Charlie graduated, I was given a mounted portrait of him in his official working gear. I took it out some time ago to show a friend, as I am very proud of having been involved in his success, but didn’t put it back where it was supposed to be and thus was unable to find it to show you for this post. It is a beautiful professional photo and Charlie looked very proud of himself, I can tell you.
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These come from my series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.
1 February 2000, Chadstone, Melbourne
I have absolutely no memory whatsoever of the film The Insider. The IMDb synopsis reads “A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a “60 Minutes” expose on Big Tobacco.”
The film stars Russell Crowe, Al Pacino and Christopher Plummer.
These photos come from my series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.
7 January 2000, Charlottenburg Bahnhof, Berlin
Berlin-Charlottenburg is the railway station for the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. I was there for the Year 2000 celebrations. This photo was taken in the same booth as the photo from the previous post.
These come from my series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.
2 January 2000, Charlottenburg Bahnhof, Berlin
Berlin-Charlottenburg is a railway station situated in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. As usual I was always on the lookout for a photobooth and thus, very pleased to find this one. I was in Germany for the Year 2000 celebrations, and spent New Years Eve at the Brandenburg Gate. What an amazing night!
What did you do for the millennium celebrations? Please let me know in the comments section, below.
These come from my series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.
27 December 1999, Dublin Airport, Dublin
This large format photobooth photo was an option that was quite rare for chemical booths when they were more prevalent than the now ubiquitous digital booths. I was on my way to Berlin for the Year 2000 celebrations and found this booth near the check-in at Dublin Airport.
The photo measures 90 x 135 mm.
These come from my series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.
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