GALLERY & PRESS

A reputation built hand to hand.

Across professional sport, film and public life, Longy Nguyen’s work travelled largely by word of mouth. This archive brings together selected press, photographs and moments from more than four decades of hands-on practice.

Longy’s career grew largely through word of mouth. Over the years, his work brought him into professional sport, film and public life — and into the pages of the Australian press.

01 — IN PRINT

Selected press from Longy Nguyen’s archive.

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Freedom newspaper clipping featuring Longy Nguyen

01 / 06
FREEDOM
The Daily Telegraph — 8 May 1999

Longie rubs ’em up the right way newspaper clipping

02 / 06
LONGIE RUBS ’EM UP THE RIGHT WAY
Macarthur Advertiser — 28 April 1999

Longie’s magic works overtime newspaper clipping

03 / 06
LONGIE’S MAGIC WORKS OVERTIME
The Daily Telegraph — 4 June 1999

Longie marshals his arts newspaper clipping

04 / 06
LONGIE MARSHALS HIS ARTS
Macarthur Advertiser — 8 September 1999

Matrix film trilogy newspaper clipping featuring Longy Nguyen

05 / 06
STARS EMBRACE A DAZZLING FINALE TO MATRIX FILM TRILOGY
The Daily Telegraph — 3 November 2003

Cassidy beats the pain newspaper clipping

06 / 06
CASSIDY BEATS THE PAIN
The Sunday Telegraph — 6 November 2011

Preparing for the Melbourne Cup newspaper clipping

07 / 09
Preparing for the Melbourne Cup
Herald Sun · 2 November 1998

Preparing Keanu Reeves for The Matrix newspaper clipping

08 / 09
Preparing Keanu Reeves for The Matrix
The Daily Telegraph · 19 June 1998

09 / 09
Building a Body
The Daily Telegraph · 14 February 2004

02 — FILM

THE MATRIX

Sydney · 1998–2003

During the years The Matrix films were made in Sydney, Longy’s work brought him into the orbit of the production and members of its cast.

Signed Laurence Fishburne photograph from Longy Nguyen’s Matrix archive

Laurence Fishburne — signed photograph from Longy Nguyen’s archive.

Longy Nguyen with Laurence Fishburne during The Matrix era.

Longy Nguyen with Keanu Reeves during The Matrix era in Sydney

Keanu Reeves with Longy Nguyen during the Sydney Matrix period.

Longy Nguyen with Keanu Reeves during filming in Sydney.

Keanu Reeves, Longy Nguyen and Hugo Weaving in the Matrix-era Sydney archive

Keanu Reeves, Longy Nguyen and Hugo Weaving — Matrix-era Sydney archive.

Carrie-Anne Moss, Longy Nguyen and Keanu Reeves during The Matrix period.

03 — ELITE ATHLETICS

SYDNEY 2000 Olympics

Selected photographs from Longy Nguyen’s archive of elite sprinters, training environments and the Sydney 2000 period.

Longy Nguyen stretching Darren Campbell at the British track and field team training camp, Couran Cove Island Resort.

Portrait of Darren Campbell during the Sydney 2000 Olympic period

Darren Campbell — Sydney 2000 sporting context.

Longy Nguyen with Darren Campbell at Botany Gift after the race

Longy Nguyen and Darren Campbell at Botany Gift after the race.

Frankie Fredericks, Longy Nguyen and Linford Christie in an elite athletics archive photograph

Frankie Fredericks, Longy Nguyen and Linford Christie — elite athletics archive.

Darren Campbell and Longy Nguyen at the Sydney 2000 Olympic village.

Longy Nguyen with Olympian Linford Christie.

04 — BOXING

RINGSIDE

Dressing rooms, boxing corners, fight nights and the documentary traces of a physical sport.

Longy Nguyen working in a ringside boxing treatment corner.

Longy Nguyen with Troy Waters and Don King at Madison Square Garden in 1997

Longy Nguyen, Troy Waters and Don King — Madison Square Garden, 1997.

Longy Nguyen with Troy Waters at the Australian National Boxing Federation in 1997

Longy Nguyen and Troy Waters — Australian National Boxing Federation, 1997.

Longy Nguyen with Shannon Taylor and Shane Mosley at a Las Vegas world title fight

Longy Nguyen, Shannon Taylor and Shane Mosley — Las Vegas world title fight.

Illawarra Mercury boxing archive featuring Longy Nguyen and Shannon Taylor

Illawarra Mercury — Good Sport, 25 September 1998.

Bulli Tops boxing friends newspaper archive

Bulli Tops Boxing Friends — archival newspaper material.

Longy Nguyen with Australian boxing trainer Johnny Lewis.

Archival boxing press coverage mentioning Anthony Mundine and Danny Green.

05 — RACING

JIM CASSIDY

A small selection from Longy Nguyen’s racing archive.

Jim Cassidy — race day archive.

Signed Jim Cassidy photograph to Longy Nguyen

Jim Cassidy — signed photograph to Longy Nguyen.

Longy Nguyen and Jim Cassidy — newspaper feature.

Jim Cassidy trophies in Longy Nguyen’s archive

Jim Cassidy trophies — personal archive.

Newspaper image of Longy Nguyen treating Jim Cassidy

Longy Nguyen treating Jim Cassidy — archival press.

06 — CELEBRITIES, MODELS & ENTERTAINMENT

PUBLIC LIFE

Selected photographs from Longy Nguyen’s personal archive.

Longy Nguyen with Brendan Fraser — personal archive.

Longy Nguyen with Elle Macpherson — personal archive.

Longy Nguyen with Tom Cruise — personal archive.

Deni Hines — personal archive.

Megan — personal archive.

LONGY NGUYEN

Chronic neck pain & headache treatment

Paddington & Milperra, Sydney

40% of consultation fees support wounded and disabled South Vietnamese veterans.

Paddington & Milperra, Sydney