November.12.2008 Communication Towers: Berlin & Sydney

October.31.2008 Photographs of Tasmania & New South Wales, Australia

I am Australian, as my passport tells me. I don't live there though and there are long stretches of time in between my visits - like many Australians that have flung themselves around the world. However, the landscape is distinctive and unforgettable and my memory reminds me that the light is thin and casts everything in a quite contrasting glow. Growing up in 1980s Tasmania leaves a lastly impression on a bloke.

Jan.10.2008

A photograph from the current exhibition 'My Australia' at the Australian Centre for Photography

Melbourne Laneways

One of the most well known discussions of Australian culture is the comparing and contrasting of Sydney and Melbourne. Melbourne, which lacks the natural geographic splendour of Sydney compensates by promoting its 'urban culture' as more vibrant. The 'laneways' of downtown Melbourne are the physical spaces where this urban culture is incubated and many of them are covered in the global phenomenon known as 'street art'. I enjoy seeing and taking note of these ever-changing marks on the palimpsest of a city. The images that you see here are from the Melbourne laneways and respresent a specific moment of that city's being.

If you happen to be in Melbourne in the next month or so there is a festival going on in this spaces, check this link: http://www.myspace.com/lanewayfestival

Sydney

I spent the passing of 2006 into 2007 in Australia. It was a memorable trip and allowed me to explore the question of whether or not I'm 'really' Australian (I feel that I am). This set of images is from Sydney, a city blessed with an unique geographic setting and accompanying lifestyle.