Casting Shadows and Mullock Heaps are two photographic series I’m working on (both in their infancy) that might one day culminate in a photobook (or at least, a bunch of prints). I enjoy interchanging between the two modes—the urban environment of Melbourne/Naarm and my rural surroundings of central Victoria, Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Australia.
Both urban and rural landscapes contain layers of history, complexity and symbolism, which have shaped these once-natural environments. I’m not the first photographer to observe the paradox: there are many negative aspects of man-altered landscapes; so highly evocative, yet compelling and somehow admirable. To me, this is worth revealing.
2024 update: While the above interest remains, I moved to Mparntwe Alice Springs in 2023. I still get out regularly to photograph and I’m working through a backlog of film processing and scanning (while I have a day job). I take my time.