Multicultural Sydney Photo Gallery by Sheila Smart at pbase.com

Multicultural Sydney

People from all over this blue planet, emigrate to Australia (me being one of them!)and a great deal of them make their home in Sydney, a city of 4 million souls and counting!

All images ŠSheila Smart - 2006

Mum in hijab with baby boy	African child in hijab	Schoolgirls in hijab	African child on ferry
Pretty young woman on Manly ferry	Indian beauty on ferry	Indian beauty	Sikh gentlemen taking a snap
Sikh lady with child	Cedric tryptych	Brazilian busker	Young Moslem woman in hijab on train
Man in news kiosk	Young Asian woman in ice cream shop	Monk with ice block	Ice cream girl
Monk with hands crossed	Two cultures	Cedric - portrait of an aborigine	Candid of old lady in sepia
Couple at Quay	Muslim woman on bench	Young woman in hijab on Manly ferry	Asian girl
Young woman on steps	Lady in African dress	Lady on ferry	Ferry candid
Young woman on ferry	Japanese tourist on ferry	Muslim woman with child	Little girl
Muslim girl in hijab	Young woman	Muslim lady candid	Nun on ferry
Young woman watching busker	Hair to die for!	Muslim man in hat	Lady with flower in her hair
What a face - in profile	Portrait of a young African girl	Japanese girl on jetcat	Old man in cap
Maria .	Muslim girl	Gefal - a fisherman	Japanese bride on jetcat
Jamaican busker	Japanese bride on jetcat	Little girl watching busker	Little girl watching clown busker
Isn't she just lovely?	Old man at Quay talking to pigeons	Fisherman	Black dude on jetcat
Young maori woman	Child with balloons	Little girl playing peek-a-boo	Favourite Old man at Quay
Having a doze	Love those dreadlocks	Another great "head"	Muslim girls
A great head	Two Sikh gentlemen	Gefal	Pensive Asian girl
Penny for them?	Lunch in the park	Papua New Guinea lady from Bougainville	Wrinkly fisherman
Pony tail man	No easy way to eat an ice cream	Mine's bigger!	Five in islamic dress
Muslim girls	Two Muslim girls	Camilla eating ice cream	School kids at Circular Quay
Fisherfolk at Long Reef	The other half	Indian family	Close up of Alice
Brazilian busker	Muslim lady with child at beach	Muslim lady with child	Little girl at Quay
Sudanese lady	Man at Newsagent	Monk	Asian man
Monks hands	Little girl watching busker	Indian girl	Young man at Quay
Muslim girls	Sudanese boy	Pretty young woman	Asian man
Indian lady	Moslem woman at Quay	Brazilian dancer	Brazilian dancer
Brazilian dancer	Muslim girl with mirror	Beauty thru window

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Enzo Priore		03-Oct-2007 07:16
great gallery, beautiful portraits, V

enny jameson		09-Aug-2007 10:14
an excellent , wonderful gallery of all beautiful people.

Tim van Woensel		14-Dec-2006 16:08
Simply amazing. What a terrific gallery. Very high quality, maybe one day I...

raymond ker		05-Jun-2006 20:11
Sheila, this is such a timely, highly significant and crucial gallery in an age of growing racial intolerance and zenophobia almost worldwide; in this 21st Century, which we viewed romantically as the promised era of enlightenment and spiritual flowering. What a tragic let-down! The world community is indebted to you and likeminded champions of universal brotherhood - "the bleeding hearts and the artists" - for reminding us about our common humanity and common destiny. But in addition to all of this we have a gallery reflecting enormous warmth, tenderness, humanity, compassion and love. And artistically deserving of the most effusive accolades!

Matylda Lempel-Chareza Photography		29-May-2006 11:03
very good gallery and keep upleading.vote

Jose Paulo Andrade		17-May-2006 15:15
Good gallery of portraits!

Ron Bernardo		17-Aug-2005 21:52
Very unique gallery. VOTED!

Alexandros		07-Aug-2005 15:45
hi you have done an excelend work every single picture has a strong impact congratulations THis a type of fotography i am trying to do but still i have a lot to learn really I admire you work

Salman Ahmed		13-Jun-2005 19:56
Great gallery Sheila, you have some wonderfully diverse candid shots in here. Thanks for providing this important insight into and unique perspective of Sydney.

Ali Ekrem Tekelioglu		30-May-2005 14:48
Very nice, meaningfull. Perfect presentation. Ali Ekrem

Dror Yalon		13-Apr-2005 10:31
Hi Sheila, Great gallery. It's obvious that you're in love with your subjects. Keep proving us with these beautiful images. Dror

John Glines		01-Apr-2005 05:44
Great work! Thanks for posting it.

Rob Oele		29-Mar-2005 10:06
Hi Sheila, I love this gallery, especially because of its diversity. I started some streetphotography myself in Holland and reflecting upon the result I came to two conclusions: One: the beauty of the streetphotography is related to its multicultural diversity. Two: I realised, once I looked at the result, that the diversity in the Dutch streets is much bigger than I thought at "face value". Look for example at the pictures from Rotterdam: http://www.pbase.com/roboele/people_in_rotterdam. I regret that the concept of multiculurality has become under much pressure even here in Holland which has (had?) a tradition of tolerance and assimilation of diversity. But is a fact that it is under pressure maybe due to some of the basic human instincts when people feel they are under threat. In the meanwhile let us as photographers keep up the good (diversity) work! Rob

Alex Tratov		27-Mar-2005 19:27
Masterly work!

Menno Alberts		09-Mar-2005 21:31
Hi Sheila! Amazing gallery! * thumbsup* , I love the captured expressions especially because it's so many cultures in here... superb!

Cedric Sims		23-Feb-2005 02:03
Sheiala, This is a very nice gallery!

Falcone1962		20-Feb-2005 15:39
Sheila don't forget the italian-aussies .... is a part of the beautiful multiculturalism of Australia. I remember a very good pizza in Sidney many years ago .... Brava

Sheila Smart		08-Feb-2005 01:15
I know I am!! Thanks Umberto. Cheers Sheila

Umberto Pini		07-Feb-2005 22:58
Sheila, you are right !

Sheila Smart		10-Jan-2005 04:07
Nanking, Burma Railway, Changi, Singapore - is that the "culture" of which you are so proud!

Akira Mitsushima		10-Jan-2005 00:17
Sheila: We are all migrants everywhere. So what? I guess you Aussie's feel guilty about success of your own culture or you came to hate your culture. Probably you are educated and intelligent woman because you sound very idealistical. But you are very naive. Basic nature of human being is tribalistic. You are not a student of history. Multiculturalism is recent concept in world history but in past spelled disaster for nations like Yugoslavia, USSR, Roman Empire, and all others that went down same road. You cannot see now, but will see in 50 years you sold your children's legacy. You are in dying culture. Western culture is dying culture and will gone while Japan continues.

Sheila Smart		09-Jan-2005 10:18
Akira Multiculturalism has made Australia what it is today - a diverse open culture where everyone is given a "fair go" (by a majority of Australians) despite race, creed or colour. All migrants have the right, after three years, to become Australian citizens with the exactly same rights as Aussie born folk. Of this I am proud. If we differ from the Japanese, so be it. We are all migrants in Australia, the indigenous folk being the first settlers 60,000 years ago. Sheila

Akira Mitsushima		08-Jan-2005 23:32
Japanese are smart. We know how to preserve our own culture. While this gallery may give westerners warm fuzzies, it does not bode well for Australia's future.

Phil		23-May-2004 03:55
Excellent Gallery Sheila - Sydney the melting pot? regards, Phil

stevenpa		07-May-2004 02:05
Very nice images. Each face is interesting. Good work!

lorand		03-May-2004 14:45
beautiful pictures!!! lorenzo

khu khu		01-May-2004 08:15
hi there...shilla seen yur gallery...thats gr8... i am trying to to get snapshots like u....... i think it is going to be wounderful........

dawnwoman		18-Feb-2004 20:02
Wonderful album! Each photgraph has retained something of the person portrayed and how you did this I do not know. Thank you

Carolyn B.		13-Jan-2004 02:09
What a fantastic gallery! I've always loved multicultural presentations and you've given everyone a wonderful show.

tzur		17-Dec-2003 17:55
great pictures I like them a lot tzur isreal

Phyllis Stewart		05-Dec-2003 15:29
This is a magnificent gallery! I love the style sheet also...displays them beautifully!

Apisarn Taranaphaiboon		01-Dec-2003 09:41
very beautiful gallery. thanks for sharing.

Wendy O		05-Oct-2003 17:28
Wonderful gallery, you capture the human essence!

Susan Marshall		28-Sep-2003 13:31
Hi Sheila, I was just wondering whether you are ask people to pose for you or do you have a super duper lens that enables you to get a great photo without the person knowing. I want to try taking photos of people but have not got comfortable yet with asking them.

Susan Marshall		28-Sep-2003 13:27
These are wonderful photos, Sheila. You show the diverse cultures of Sydney really well.

Danny Cambré		28-Sep-2003 13:03
Another great gallery. Every face tells a story, I just wish I could catch them as you do. Danny http://www.pbase.com/dannyc

Jeff L Knapp		23-Sep-2003 03:17
great photos Sheila. you have beautiful expression. I have a Sony and it does quite well. Keep up the great work. random photos http://www.pbase.com/cameras/sony/mavica_fd100

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