Sydney to Hobart 2001 yachting photos on line
by Alice Bennett on 15 Jan 2002
Assa Abloy Katrina Butler
In 1974 a young Tasmanian photographer, Richard Bennett, who had started his career photographing on the 1969 Australian Andean climbing expedition, took a scenic flight from Hobart.
During the flight along the coast Richard took a few photographs of the approaching Sydney to Hobart fleet. People liked what his photographs, so in 1975 Richard decided to photograph all the fleet.
He flew out of Flinders Island, down to Maria Island and into Hobart. He captured breath-taking photographs of the record breaking Kialoa and an institution was born
Richard Bennett has photographed 27 Sydney to Hobart yacht races and his web site richardbennett.com.au has now posted the 2001 collection.
Alice Bennett commented 'Sailors all around the world are buying photos from our Sydney to Hobart collections on line.
As our online gallery grows, visitors are finding it the easiest and fastest way to find a particular boat. We have added some extra features to our search engines to make sure visitors to our site can find the photo they are seeking. Not only can our photo database be searched, by boat name and boat type, but also now searches can be made by skippers names and old boat names.
While our site has full e-commerce facilities which allow visitors to buy photographs, posters, greeting cards and books online, we still talk to many of our clients on the phone before they make a final choice.
Lots of our clients look at our online galleries and then ring us up to discuss how a particular image will look mounted in a particular way
While our 2000 and 2001 images are now online, that leaves 25 years that have only partial collections on line, so if customers want to find images from earlier years we can find them and send an selection of images by email to allow them to make a choice.'
Photos from the 2002 Pittwater to Coffs Harbour race and the 2002 Sailing South Regatta will be online next week.
Richard Bennett Photography
8 Rowlands Court, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia, 7050
Telephone +61 3 6229 2559 and Fax +61 3 6229 7725
http://www.richardbennett.com.au
A recent national radio interview with Richard Bennett can be heard on http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/s458086.htm
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