Photographs of inner city streetscapes and suburbs of Sydney, 1979-1999 / by Gerrit Fokkema

fonds

2017 (digital scans from negatives made 1979-1999)

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9588746

55 photographs - digital, TIFFs, black and white

Gerrit Fokkema is an experienced press and freelance photographer. Born in New Guinea in 1954, but raised in Canberra, he worked as a press and news photographer for the Canberra Times, Sydney Morning Herald and the Good Weekend Magazine 1975-1987. He then started his own photography company (Gerrit Fokkema Photography Pty Ltd) which he has operated for the past 30 years. He is most well-known for his sparse urban landscapes photographs and portraits. His work is held by the Australian National Gallery, Art Gallery of NSW and State Library of NSW, and has been exhibited at the Australian Centre for Photography (1979), commercial galleries and various group shows.
He has had a longstanding interest in the Indigenous community in Wilcannia and in 1986 published Wilcannia: Portrait of an Australian Town (Sydney : Harper & Row, 1986).

Reference:
Library correspondence file

Comprises 55 digital photographs documenting inner Sydney streetscapes, buildings and urban landscapes, and reflects Sydney prior to the evolution of some areas from working class suburbs to sites of major residential developments and construction. It includes photographs of construction work in Haymarket and Darling Harbour as part of NSW 1988 Bicentennial projects, and buildings which no longer exist such as Anthony Hordern's Palace Emporium (demolished in 1985). In addition, Fokkema documented events such as the Royal Easter Show, including the last show at Sydney Showground and the first show at Sydney Olympic Park, and New Year's Eve celebrations at The Rocks, prior to the implementation of extensive alcohol restrictions.

Item 01: The Rocks, 1979
Item 02: The Rocks, 1979
Item 03: Central, 1980
Item 04: Circular Quay, 1980
Item 05: Circular Quay, 1980
Item 06: Circular Quay, 1980
Item 07: Coogee, 1980
Item 08: Darling Harbour, 1980
Item 09: Darling Harbour, 1980
Item 10: Darling Harbour, 1980
Item 11: Haymarket, 1980
Item 12: Kings Cross, 1980
Item 13: Royal Easter Show, Moore Park, 1980
Item 14: Pyrmont, 1980
Item 15: Pyrmont, 1980
Item 16: Redfern, 1980
Item 17: Sydney, 1980
Item 18: Sydney, 1980
Item 19: Sydney, 1980
Item 20: Bondi, 1981
Item 21: Enfield, 1981
Item 22: Erskineville, 1981
Item 23: Kings Cross, 1981
Item 24: Petersham, 1981
Item 25: Strathfield, 1981
Item 26: Sydney, outside St James Church, 1980
Item 27: Waterloo, 1981
Item 28: Dover Heights, 1982
Item 29: Haymarket, 1982
Item 30: Blacktown, 1983
Item 31: Blacktown, 1983
Item 32: Blacktown, 1983
Item 33: Darling Harbour, 1983
Item 34: Dee Why, 1983
Item 35: North Bondi, 1983
Item 36: Pyrmont, 1983
Item 37: Pyrmont, night, 1983
Item 38: Sydney, 1983
Item 39: Waverley, 1983
Item 40: Glebe, 1987
Item 41: Moore Park, 1987
Item 42: New Year's Eve, The Rocks, 1987
Item 43: New Year's Eve, The Rocks, 1987
Item 44: New Year's Eve, The Rocks, 1987
Item 45: Royal Easter Show, Moore Park, 1997
Item 45: Royal Easter Show, Moore Park, stables, 1997
Item 46: Royal Easter Show, Moore Park, entrance, 1997
Item 48: Royal Easter Show, Moore Park, woodchopping, 1997
Item 49: Royal Easter Show, Moore Park, crowds, 1997
Item 50: Royal Easter Show, Moore Park, 1997
Item 51: Royal Easter Show, Homebush, 1998
Item 52: Royal Easter Show, Homebush, 1998
Item 53: Royal Easter Show, Homebush, 1998
Item 54: New Year's Eve, McMahons Point, 1999
Item 55: New Year's Eve, McMahons Point, 1999

Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of photographer plus 70 years
Copyright holder:: Gerrit Fokkema
Research & study copies allowed:
Approval for publication required: From copyright holder
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Gerrit Fokkema

Acquired in digital format. Access copies available online.