Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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When newspapers realised that pictures sell, photographers discovered the art of storytelling with images. Photojournalists moved from taking staged images to capturing candid stories.

Mike Bowers says that photographs taken throughout the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge are an early example of this.

See these photos from the Fairfax Photo Archive in our current Fit to Print exhibition: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/fit-print-defining-moments-fairfax-photo-archive-selected-mike-bowers