https://onthisdateinphotography.com/2026/09/07/september-7-omnibus/On This Date in Photography: by James Mcardleen2026-09-07T08:44:53+00:00September 7: Omnibusphotography, design, France, monochrome, Paris, art, book, rangefinder, document, partnership, interpretation, aesthetics, cropping, Bryan Gracey, colour, negatives, audience, curator, context, compassion, student, interior, Australian photography, James McArdle, hands, darkroom, mobile phone, display, reference, everyday life, photographic paper, content, invention, Odyssey, candid, architecture, expression, nostalgia, photojournalist, trust, memory, evolution, speech, enlarger, advertisement, selection, magazines, fly-on-the-wall, researcher, Film photography, United States, online, signs, artefacts, judgement, 1974, 1971, 1987, 1975, 1956, 1978, Holiday, view, essay, 1988, 2003, 60s, 70s, physicality, social, 1920s, showcase, newspapers, conversation, cultural, memories, Andrew Chapman, late 1950s, subject, objects, recording, preview, raw, address, current exhibition, University of Melbourne, photographs, catalogue, grandmother, Stella Loftus-Hills, changes, enhanced, easel, reflected, nervous, eyes, segregation, legacy, Australian politics, prints, dry, inspired, published, passengers, helicopter, vanished, Beaumaris, naming, value, Melbourne Town Hall, friend, prompt, life force, City of Melbourne, hot-air balloon, First Nations, records, glimpse, Elsternwick, size, 2023, relocated, 13, Moomba festival, transport, Whitlam government, 55 years, nationally, political scene, wider world, The Melbourne Times, Docklands, CBD, Moorabbin, photographed, archives, contemporary art, free, modest, Bob Hawke, dismissal, Brian Pieper, connect, expert, Caulfield High School, Andrew Chapman OAM, North Melbourne, City Gallery, civic, historical record, ground floor, feature, fan, Melbourne’s history, themed exhibitions, “The Green Bus”, social movements, large town, modern metropolis, concealed, hiding in plain sight, 110 Swanston Street, established in 2002, customer service, red neon, picture window, themed, beautifully designed, Melbourne’s heritage, specialist, guest curator, collects, Art and Heritage Collection, 000 items, storage facility, fourth floor, municipal treasures, civic artefacts, rare items, Olympic memorabilia, floats, crowns, mayoral robes, historical relics, architectural plans, council records, 1837 house brick, cultural markers, traditional custodians, Eastern Kulin Nation public access, open storage, narrative “chapters”, 3 September 2026, opening at City Gallery, Viva Gibbs, ten books, carefully-kept, career as a photojournalist, overlapped, time-line, taken up photography, local news photographer, self-driven project, wool industry, rural Australia, organ transplantation, power industry, captioned, premise, early seventies, fledgling photographer, “poor man’s Leica”, all-metal, Canon Canonet QL17, fixed 45mm lens, speed priority auto exposure, perpetual drive, entry point, show’s title, dark green and cream bus, bayside, tan-orange, service, owned, operated, Ray Allnutt, Sandringham, station, modest size, driver, shift-stick, snooker cue, synchro-mesh, double de-clutching, fares, air-conditioning, pillbox hat, outing, cardboard suitcase, older man, felt hat, signature image, Stephen Banham, massive blow-up, permed, helmet, vehicle, coming of age, trip, state museum, Gas and Fuel Building, Princes Bridge Station, decades, documentary images, time-travel, kid, pick up skills, make errors, 18 years, 30 exhibitions, Master of Art Curatorship, ISBN, everyday scenes, professions, modern urban life, Alec Pearse, hardware store, Claude Butcher, milk cart, horse-drawn, physical newspaper, public phone, architectural scale, flat suburbs, skyline, shifts in Australian society, moments of tension, politically charged, street movements, anti-Vietnam War moratorium, anti-Fraser protest, controversy, identity cards, core historical focus, ordinary Melburnians, major player, taking the photograph, Lord Mayor, Nicholas Reece, municipal achievements, impressed, knowledge of the medium, establishment by Europeans, four years, “the mirror with a memory”, announced, iPhone photo, colour balance, crisp digital print, proportions, 35mm image, printed full-frame, composed in camera, larger margin, landscape-format, large white border, vertical shot, crescent-moon shape, buckle, unprocessed film, developing tank, new generation, rising up, conservative views, anti-Vietnam War movement, moratoriums, 35mm film, presentedhttps://onthisdateinphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/img_5486.jpg?w=150