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POSTED: 22 NOVEMBER 2009

A totally new way to appreciate Sydney*

Sydney photographic artist Peter Murphy has produced a new series of panoramic, stereoscopic and time-lapse multimedia for his latest exhibition ModelCity, which will be on show at Sydney’s Customs House from 26 November to 31 January.

Much of Murphy’s work explores the Sydney CBD and the general hustle and bustle of everyday urban life.

From goths in Newtown, chess players in Hyde Park, city workers, shop fronts and fountains, this is street photography like you have never seen before.

The Customs House heraldic figures and its elaborate underfloor city model get a look in too.

Transcending the perspective of the traditional camera, Murphy has built multiple "virtual photography" camera rigs. His latest works showcase breakthrough advances in imaging hardware and software technology.

His unique view of the city facilitates new ways of seeing. This amazing exhibition includes:

§ 360-degree panoramic time-lapse videos, specialising in very wide-angle views. These include his Little Planet series, which allows you to view the city as if it were contained in tiny snowdome. There are also his panoramic Flythroughs which render the real world into a kind of fast computer game. The difference is the images of city life are real, not virtual or animated.

§ Large lenticular stereoscopic prints. These are metre-wide 3D images, like large versions of those 3D postcards we all know.

§ A large prototype autostereoscopic computer display. This means, watching an amazing hologram-like slide show of 3D city images without wearing 3D glasses. All these images have been taken with a nine-camera set-up Murphy has constructed himself.

You can see why Murphy considers himself more an imaging technology innovator than a regular photographer. His 360-degree panoramas on his blog are an ongoing chronicle of the city he's been photographing in other ways for over 25 years (www.mediavr.com/blog).

*Based on media release issued by Customs House.

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