Wednesday, April 23, 2008


Lately I have been exploring and photographing the Christchurch neighbourhood where I live, there are still signs of the past, but they are disappearing pretty fast. I liked the fact that this old cottage was in the grounds of the factory.

Monday, April 21, 2008

I took this picture in Belgrade, Serbia. I have a friend who lives in these buildings, and at times when it is so beautiful here, like it is now in Autumn, I cant help but think about the people I know who live in such less fortunate places than we do. My friend who lives here is about 29 yrs old now, and at no time in her life has she known peace and prosperity anything like we do, and yet she maintains a creative life in an environment where most of us would probably struggle to simply survive.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

a landscape is a moment not a place

This is Pitt St in Sydney. I thought the lights in the building looked like lanterns in the tree. It reminds me of something I read recently about winter being for photographing and summer for the darkroom, and that I like big cities and winter light.

Friday, April 11, 2008

life imitating art


Spotted this guy sunbathing in Melbourne last year. The wreck is actually a sculpture (I'm not sure if it's still there or not) but I really liked the relationship between the two.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

things arent always as they seem


Last year I visited Samoa and took this picture of some monks. To me it looked like a ceremony of some kind, and in a way it was, however the ceremony was simply some gardening at their grounds.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Monday 7th April


I have had some good conversations recently, among them about the recent work of Peter Peryer. What these discussions do most is remind me that in the majority of cases photography is about seeing and recording something that relates to the photographers interests. This of course can be many things, such as irony or beauty or something shocking or humorous, or relate directly to specific themes of the photographer, such as Mr Peryer would say " one of my themes concerns size, more specifically, just how big is the subject that we are looking at"
Interestingly when Mr Peryer shows these photographs they go back into the public domain as the object was when it was photographed, and the viewer is left asking the question that attracted Mr Peryer. So to understand why an individual photographed something, it helps if we understand what interests and concerns them. Considering this helps me to better understand what is at the core of my own photography, and confirms to me that we are always better off trying to comprehend the things we don't understand, rather than dismiss them. We don't have to like something for it to be beneficial for us in some way.

Friday, April 4, 2008

#3


This picture is titled "The undeniable truth part 3, everyone else is famous" part of a series that is titled The undeniable truth. Being alone in an empty space full of people, these new works I feel are in line with the minimalist seascapes I have been doing in the past few years.

#2


I am often asked how I go about my photography, what interests, inspires, and influences me.
I would say that primarily I am an observer, everything starts with an observation, then grows as I walk with my camera

#1


This picture was made in the lane-ways of Melbourne. I am really interested in space and isolation at the moment, and this is becoming a dominant theme in my current work