Photographing Graffiti_Why?

What is the purpose of photographing graffiti? As man-made subject matter it’s more like photographing statues or architecture than the natural landscape. Is the idea to document someone else’s work, whether you consider it to be art or otherwise? If so, fine, make it a sharp accurate rendering.
But if you want to make art from [...]

Photographing Graffiti_Art or Vandalism

One of my favorite themes in photography is duality: that is, a thing and its opposite. So, for example, horror and beauty, war and peace, despair and hope. Many of the very best photographs contain such dualities.
To my mind graffiti is a case in point. Is it art or vandalism? To my way of thinking [...]

Alone versus Lonely

Photographing in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Australia on a bleak morning I decided to make an image that explored notions of loneliness and being alone. The point is that you can be completely on your own (alone) and not feel lonely. Conversely you can be in a crowd and feel lonely. So isolation is [...]

Photographing the City at Night

This image was made on a warm Summer’s night in the Docklands precinct in Melbourne, Australia. The sculpture in the middle of the frame was my main interest in this location and I returned to it over several nights until all the important, yet disparate, elements came together in a cohesive manner.