A few recent photographs where I was in the right place at the right time.
Camera Roll
Tag: Sydney
The city where I live. I came here in 1995 “for a few years” to “advance my career”. I fell in love, stayed longer than expected. And then, I don’t know, suddenly it’s twenty years later. Although I still toy with the idea of moving back to the country, Sydney is increasingly “home”.
World Press Photography
I'm not sure what it says about me, but I found the photographs of animals far more compelling than those of humans. I'm talking about the World Press Photography exhibition, currently showing at the State Library of NSW. The annual exhibition often features photographs of people in desperate situations around the world, fighting wars, living [...]
Long Weekend
"Your dog is so cute. Do you mind if I take a photograph?", I asked the group of three women, waiting for a bus on Oxford Street. "No worries", they said, as they helped to coax the reluctant hound from allowing me to take the shot. There was a lovely "long weekend" feel about the [...]
The Dark Matters at Sydney’s White Rabbit Gallery
I really love the notes which accompany the video work, "Billenium Waves", by the artist, Tang Nannan, "Waves are the mountains of the sea" he says "and mountains are the waves of the land. They just rise and fall at different rates". How cool is that? It's one of three favourite works of mine in [...]
Mortuary Station
I've lost track of the number of times I've walked past Sydney's "Mortuary Station" and wanted to jump over the fence and take a look. In the days before the car became popular, people (both the living and the dead) would travel to Sydney's Rookwood Cemetery by train, leaving from what was known as the [...]
Circular Quay, Sydney, views at dawn
Having woken early, and knowing the weather would be fine this weekend, I caught a train to Circular Quay ahead of sunrise. There weren't too many people around. Just a handful of early morning walkers, and a couple of other people with an interest in photography. When I arrived, one photographer (with a tripod) had [...]
