BOOKS
From that first blank page, creating a book is a big responsibility and the consideration must be how it will fare in ten, twenty or more years? With many obstacles to overcome, books can only be an act of love and determination.
STORIES FROM THE WAYSIDE by Reverend Graham Long
Created and designed by Andrew Henderson,196 pages, University Queensland Press
My idea for this book began with no budget, no publisher and a financial risk too great to take. What came about was a transformative project for Wayside and everyone involved on both sides of the camera. A book born from love and launched to much fanfare by the NSW Governor and Premier.
SYNOPSIS
Celebrating the Wayside Chapel in Sydney’s inner city, this illustrated book created and designed by Andrew Henderson honors both the people who work within its walls and the visitors for whom the Wayside is a welcome support system. Compiled before the original chapel was demolished to make way for the new building, this collection of often-surprising images revealing both the emotional and physical territory of the landscape around the historic Wayside. Accompanying the superb photography is a collection of emails—written over a period of five years—that reveal both the light and dark aspects of life on the streets and at the chapel.
DAVID JONES 175 YEARS by Helen O’Neil.
Created and designed by Andrew Henderson, 336 pages, NewSouth Books
Fourteen months out from the 175th anniversary, I pitched a commemorative book to the David Jones CEO and Board approved with my autonomous oversight. A sweeping project that grew later to become a major store event and exhibition. A project that began with bolt-cutters and unfettered access to a forgotten archive full of waiting treasures.
SYNOPSIS
Everyone, it seems, has a story about David Jones. This iconic department store began in 1838 when maverick retailer David Jones threw open the doors of his first shop in Sydney. One hundred and seventy-five years later the business that bears his name has stores across the country. David Jones is synonymous with style and progress. It champions top designers, brought French high fashion to post-war Australia with Dior and Balmain, and has pioneered many advances in retail from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first. Featuring stunning fashion images and treasures from the store's archives, this remarkable book also includes photographs from Max Dupain's private collection and original sketches by Norman Hartnell, dressmaker to the Queen. In David Jones: 175 years Helen O'Neill and Andrew Henderson uncover countless secrets and hidden lives to reveal the extraordinary story of a shopping destination like no other.
WAYSIDE by Reverend Graham Long
Created and designed by Andrew Henderson, 244 pages, NewSouth Books
The 2016 Wayside book idea was to cast a wider net and celebrate the entire Kings Cross community. This book heralded Wayside’s rise from the ashes, it’s redevelopment to a remarkable place where the lines between have and have-not are blurred.
SYNOPSIS
The Wayside Chapel, in the heart of Sydney’s Kings Cross, is a meeting place for people from all walks of life — have-nots and haves, homeless and housed, atheists and believers, lost and saved, sick and well. In Wayside Reverend Graham Long tackles profound truths about life, death, friendship, hardship and the redemptive power of love. Created and designed by Andrew Henderson with acclaimed photographer Gary Heery’s striking portraits honour the visitors, volunteers, staff and friends whose paths cross at the Wayside.
