Robert Bruce had a dream job in the 90s and early 00's, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette and Jack Thompson as the official photographer of the Sydney Film Festival.
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For 12 years, the well known Orange photographer and life member of the Orange Film Society was there to capture all the glitz and glamour, and he "enjoyed every minute" of it, he says.
"It was a wonderful experience and I treasure it.
"I met so many interesting people."
Some of the 82-year-old's fondest memories of the era were on show at the Odeon 5 Cinemas in Orange at the weekend, displayed to coincide with the Travelling Film Festival - an offshoot of the Sydney Film Festival that travels to the regions each year.
Mr Bruce delved into his Sydney Film Festival archives to select about 25 of his favourite images, including of director George Miller, film critics David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz, Bryan Brown, Rachel Ward, Geoffrey Rush, Jane Campion, former Governor General Peter Cosgrove and former President of East Timor José Ramos-Horta.
The photos spanned from his early years with the festival, when images were still printed in black and white, through to colour film and then digital.
"In 1993 all my images were black and white, hand processed and printed and delivered back to the festival many weeks after it had closed. By 2005 the images were all digital, uploaded to the festival website on the same day!"
Over the years, he saw the festival grow from two cinemas to fill seven or eight across the city.
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Mr Bruce says there were some stand-out moments:
"I was there when Muriel's Wedding was premiered in Australia (1994) and photographed Toni Collette," he said.
"Later on (in 2004) I met Cate Blanchett and had a one-to-one chat with her for about 20 minutes. A pretty amazing experience."
Other highlights included seeing Bob Connolly and Robyn's Anderson's Rats in the Ranks documentary for the first time and the "Frame by Frame" video projections with Stuart Daybrough George Miller, Conrad Hall and Dean Cundey.
"The film students loved these scene-by-scene forensic discussions of films including The Piano, Jurassic Park, Butch Cassidy and Lorenzo's Oil," he said.
Mr Bruce says he may stage an even larger exhibition of his images next year.
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