Before I started my roadtrips in south eastern Australia I briefly explored ways to gain a bird’s eye view on the city of Adelaide from the perspective of the Adelaide hills or the Mt Lofty Ranges. I wanted to spatially … Read More
I wandered around the urban part of the Port Adelaide precinct with a Leica in the late afternoon during winter. The Port had a gritty, grungy, industrial, working class character in the 1980s.
Street photography is closely associated with a snapshot aesthetic or more broadly a snapshot culture that breaks down the borders between the private and public realms.
I would frequently return to Melbourne in the early 1980’s to photograph. I used to catch the overnight Overland train, or hitch hike between Adelaide and Melbourne. I travelled lightly, with just a Leica M4 rangefinder and some 35mm black and white film.