I only made a few portraits of people in the city of Adelaide during the 1980s. One place was Valentino’s Restaurant in Gays Arcade, off Adelaide Arcade, near Twin Street. My sister used to work there as a waitress whilst she … Read More
Most of the images in the Adelaide section of The Bowden Archives and Other Marginalia come from city strolling with a camera in the company of Fichte, my cream coloured, standard poodle. City strolling is a translation of the French … Read More
The late 198os and early 1990s in Adelaide was a period after the 1980s property boom and during ‘the recession we had to have’. I was living alone and working long hours tutoring and cleaning (early morning and evening) in … Read More
The deregulatory financial reforms of the Hawke/Keating government from 1983 that saw the globalisation of the Australian economy helped to advance the speculative boom that occurred in the late 1980s. In Adelaide, insurance companies, superannuation funds and government financial institutions … Read More
As the social relationships between people were becoming increasingly mediated by images, and the symbols of consumption such as cars, neon signs, and shops became ever more seductive and signs of social status and personal identity, the process of deindustrialisation continued … Read More
One of the most striking characteristics of Adelaide’s CBD in the 1980s was the empty streets outside of the weekday’s 9-5 working hours. During the weekend the streets were more or less empty, and apart from the tumbleweeds in Rundle … Read More
The early 1980s in the anxious city of Adelaide saw the redevelopment of the Adelaide Railway Station precinct as a means to revitalise the city of Adelaide to address South Australia’s economic decline and high unemployment. The redevelopment was part … Read More
As I go through my black and white archives from the 1980s for The Bowden Archives and Other Marginala book I am starting to come across some seascape images that I cannot recall making. Nor can I recall … Read More
During the 1980s when I was working on the Bowden project in Adelaide The Developed Image, the South Australian Photographic Workshop and the South Australian Workshop (SAW) came into existence. There were number of art photographers gathered around each. The Developed Image was the first … Read More
In the 1980s Bowden-Brompton was a mixture of housing, factories, shops and small offices and warehouses. I was surprised by this mixture, given that Bowden is less than 4 kilometres from Adelaide’s CBD and adjacent to the Adelaide Parklands. It … Read More