The Sydney Morning Herald, Photos of the Week, May 25, 2023
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The week in photos from the award-winning SMH and AFR photographers.
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Country has meant everything to Wreck Bay artist Theresa Ardler, 51. She became the first Aboriginal education adviser to the Sydney Catholic Schools Office, has met the Pope in Rome to present him with the Uluru Statement from the Heart and has spoken about PFAS at the United Nations. “We have a wealth of culture here,” Ardler said.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Diego Bonetto and four-year-old Abigail forage for saffron milk caps growing under pine trees in a NSW state forest.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Firefighters, police and emergency services respond to a large building fire on Randle Street, Surry Hills.Credit:Dion Georgopoulos
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A male zebra shark at Sea Life is wrangled into a sling so he can have blood taken and tested, to see whether he is suitable for a breeding program that aims to release more zebra sharks into the wild in Indonesia.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Telstra rising star award winner Lilla Harvey with Telstra people’s choice award winner Isobelle Dashwood at Carriageworks.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Fred Schebesta, founder of the comparison website Finder.Credit:James Brickwood
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Elise Pioch Balzac of Maison Balzac, an artisanal homewares brand, lives at Elvina Bay on Pittwater with her husband and daughter. Their property is only accessible by boat.Credit:James Brickwood
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Elise Pioch Balzac of Maison Balzac, the artisanal homewares brand.Credit:James Brickwood
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British chef Marco Pierre White ahead of his Out of the Kitchen theatre shows.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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The parents of Melissa Caddick, Ted and Barbara Grimley, arrive at Lidcombe Coroner’s Court.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Vivid lights glow from Circular Quay on Sydney Harbour, before the festival begins.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Last light at Bare Island, La Perouse. The area is popular with newlyweds for a photographic backdrop. Credit:Brook Mitchell
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at QUDOS Bank Arena, Homebush Bay. Credit:James Brickwood
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Resident Aunty Jean Carter is among those speaking out about fears of a cancer cluster in the Aboriginal community of Wreck Bay.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Downtown Cooma: NSW Police have charged an officer after he allegedly Tasered 95-year-old Clare Nowland, who died in Cooma Hospital on Wednesday, a week after the incident.Credit:Brook Mitchell
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Priyanka is studying first year law at Macquarie University in Sydney. She had to leave her family home when she was still in high school and is now being housed by Platform Youth Services. Credit:Janie Barrett
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Sydney Opera House building operations manager Dean Jakubowski and height access specialist Dean Gillies drill between tiles and use a borescope to look under the sails’ shell on section A2, which includes the building’s highest point, at 68 metres above sea level.Credit:Dylan Coker
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American Cole Houshmand wins the Sydney Surf Pro at Narrabeen with a score of 9.8.Credit:Nick Moir
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A major building fire on Randle Street at Surry Hills.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Members of the Indian Australian community await the arrival of Narendra Modi at QUDOS Bank Arena, Olympic Park, during the Indian Prime Minister’s Australian visit.Credit:James Brickwood
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Mark Graham, of Bellingen Nature Company, walks through Ellis State Forest, south-west of Grafton, where critical old-growth koala habitat is being logged. The prize for the loggers is the Tallowwood tree, a favoured food source of the koala for its nutrition.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Uncle Nick Carter stands at a culturally significant site on Mary Creek. There are fears of a cancer cluster in the Aboriginal community of Wreck Bay, which has launched a class action for cultural loss after its land was polluted with firefighting foam that contains per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by a neighbouring Defence base.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Aunty Vida Brown and Poppy Mac on the rocks at Wreck Bay.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Clear-felled Clouds Creek State Forest, which housed plantation forest, south-west of Grafton and adjacent to Ellis State Forest.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Ash Williams-Barnes with her children at Greenfields Beach. There are fears of a cancer cluster in the Aboriginal community of Wreck Bay, which has launched a class action for cultural loss after its land was polluted with firefighting foam that contains per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by a neighbouring Defence base.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Year 10 boarding students Sophia Terry, of Bowral, and Sabine Walton in the year 7 dormitory of Loreto Normanhurst’s boarding school house.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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The late Melissa Caddick’s husband, Anthony Koletti, leaves Lidcombe Coroner’s Court. The coroner described Koletti as an unreliable and unimpressive witness. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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NSW police officer Ryan Barlow (left), found guilty of assault, leaves Downing Centre Courts.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Former prime minister Scott Morrison in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Visitors arrive at Echo Point Lookout at the Blue Mountains during what could be one of the coldest days in Sydney this century.Credit:Dion Georgopoulos
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Members of the drag community prepare backstage for the Pink Carpet parade at the Drag Expo in Darling Harbour.Credit:Nikki Short
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King the Drag Queen, Pomara Fifth, and Victoria Mykles promote the Sydney Drag Queen Expo.Credit:Brook Mitchell
