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Welcome

Established in April 2000, this website is a showcase of photography and articles created by Andrew Nemeth, Blue Mountains Australia.

Looking for the Nebraskan band "FortyTwenty" website?   See fortytwenty.com instead!

Website Features

Hungary, USSR, Poland etc.Eastern Bloc
(1991—1992) • 78 images • Photographs and commentary from the twilight of Communism

Sydney colour street photography...Sydney Unposed
(1998—2008) • 125 images • My candid-people street photography project about Sydney and its outlying suburbs

feature link...Blue Mountains VR
(2004—2009) • 21 scenes • Interactive VR panoramas taken throughout the Blue Mountains, 70-120km west of Sydney

QuickTime VR panoramas...Fullscreen QTVR w/sound
(1998—2006) • 18 scenes • A sample of interactive VR panoramas with sound, taken mostly around Sydney, for commercial projects and clients

Early student work...Tyro
(1980—1993) • 35 images • Samples of my early photographic work, done either during high school or university

click to read...Articles and Essays
(2000—2010) • 4 articles • Analysis of legal, technical or ethical issues surrounding photography, along with other essays

What's New?

Sun, 24 Jan 2010
Trimmed some of the Unposed and VR images to free up space for the File-downloads facility
Wed, 30 Dec 2009
Added a slideshow photo display option using the FancyBox Ajax-based toolkit
Fri, 16 Oct 2009
Revamped and updated Eastbloc and Photorights features
Thu, 15 Aug 2009
Updated notes on the NSWLRC Invasion of Privacy Report, in the Candid Photo legal issues article
Sat, 31 Jan 2009
Reprogrammed the VRs using Cubic Flash VR and added new scenes to the Blue Mountains VR project
Fri, 2 Jan 2009
Added four new images to the Sydney Unposed project
Tue, 30 Dec 2008
Added further discussion about photographing police officers, to the Candid Photo legal issues article
Thu, 14 Aug 2008
After the release of the ALRC 108 report, updated discussion and links about Recommendation 74, a statutory Right of Personal Privacy, to the Candid Photo legal issues article

A random sample of images on this site

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image link - Pyrmont Bridge - 43.9 KB

Pyrmont Bridge

Pyrmont Bridge : Jun 1981 :
image link - Monica Stáiculescu + Mirela Pop - 135.5 KB

Monica Stáiculescu …

Monica Stáiculescu + Mirela Pop : Dec 1991 :
image link - Southwestern housing estate, Bucharest - 159.3 KB

Southwestern housing …

Southwestern housing estate, Bucharest : Dec 1991 :
image link - Winter sunbather, The Domain - 83.5 KB

Winter sunbather, …

Winter sunbather, The Domain : Jun 1981 :
image link - Power station, Moscow - 115.9 KB

Power station, …

Power station, Moscow : Dec 1991 :
image link - Lawson street-works - 210.9 KB

Lawson street-works

Lawson street-works : Dec 2008 :
image link - Vaucluse Beach stairs - 164.3 KB

Vaucluse Beach …

Vaucluse Beach stairs : Dec 2000 :
image link - Warringah Expressway Picnic - 93.2 KB

Warringah Expressway …

Warringah Expressway Picnic : Apr 1981 :
image link - UNSW Law Revue - 74.3 KB

UNSW Law …

UNSW Law Revue : Aug 1990 :
image link - Australia Square workers - 62.4 KB

Australia Square …

Australia Square workers : Aug 1992 :
image link - Housing estate, Szombathely - 158.1 KB

Housing estate, …

Housing estate, Szombathely : Oct 1991 :
image link - Prospekt Kalinina, Moscow - 162 KB

Prospekt Kalinina, …

Prospekt Kalinina, Moscow : Dec 1991 :
image link - Bekasmegyer housing estate, Budapest - 159.7 KB

Bekasmegyer housing …

Bekasmegyer housing estate, Budapest : Oct 1991 :
image link - Rosehill Melbourne Cup - 206.4 KB

Rosehill Melbourne …

Rosehill Melbourne Cup : Nov 2005 :
image link - Women street vendors, Moscow - 129.1 KB

Women street …

Women street vendors, Moscow : Dec 1991 :

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