State Library Victoria

The Photography of Jon Rendell

Melbourne's State Library Victoria was established in 1854, making it Australia’s oldest public library and one of the first free libraries in the world. It is also Australia’s busiest public library and the third busiest library globally.

 The Domed Reading Room was opened in 1913, and was designed by Norman G. Peebles of Bates Smart. Its six storey high octagonal space was designed to hold over a million books and up to 600 readers.

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Jon Rendell was born into an auteur/photog family in Melbourne, Australia, in 1957 and grew up around cameras and film. He honed his craft under renowned photographer Athol Shmith at what is now Swinburne University (Prahran Campus, Melbourne). He was always captivated by shadows and finds himself hard -wired to focusing on the transitory, abstract shapes that come and go with the available light. For more of his photography in Scene4, check the Archives.

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