The Boomer Legacy

Culture

You could be whatever you wanted to be

It was the twilight of the Age of Aquarius.

Passionately held 1960s beliefs like Peace, Freedom, Equality, Communal Living, People Power, Expanded Consciousness, Eastern Religion and Free Love… all went out the window. To be replaced with what? Excuses?…

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Ubiquitous harassment    (Oct 2024)

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Despite the wide–ranging use of significant, robust and holistic evidence — the Epistemological Reflection upon the Manichaean Nature of Post–Analytical Nihilistic Communitarianism was spoiled by unhelpfully self–referential endnotes

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Infinite regression at Croydon [Sep-2016 105KB]

Spatial determinism

What you ate was determined by where it was cooked

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16th floor kitchen at Harbourside Apartments versus HMAS Vampire galley [Nov-2021 235KB]

Gone a million

The rich were always with us

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Abandoned Rolls–Royce at Hiles Street in Alexandria [Jun-2015 320KB]

Remarks

The Rolls Royce was parked in Alexandria for a long time. In Nov 2019, four years after the photo was taken, Leica Australia held a launch event for their SL–2 camera in a converted warehouse in the same street. After the presentation I went outside to see if the Rolls was still there… it was

There be dragons

We were taught to embrace difference

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Restaurant alleyway, World Square [Jul-2024 384KB]

Latter–day Bloomsbury

We've ended up with an inner–city hive of woke workers, hiring woke friends to do their woke work in their quest to “wokify” the world (Senator J.McGrath, 2021)

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Freethought Book Exchange (since demolished) at Regent Street Chippendale [Apr-2014 380KB]

Poly–dimensional facets

GDP versus infrastructure versus ecology versus quality–of–life versus unconstrained population growth

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Darling Harbour under the express-way, Sydney [Apr-2017 274KB]

A fortress of your art

Few noticed the post–modern irony of appropriating the design of the Naval Range–finding Tower MP–3 at Pleinmont

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Solomon R Guggenheim museum, NYC [Oct-2017 167KB]

Subterranean homesick blues

You didn't need a Snellen chart to see what was coming

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Optometrist window display, Wilson Street Newtown [Jun-2023 287KB]

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The sun only shone onto the window–display during late afternoons in winter; This customer was only there for a minute; The poster, the customer and eyeglasses all aligned as if by design

Grey nomads

The Big Lap added years to our lives

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Covered motorcycles on Billyard Ave, Elizabeth Bay [Dec-2015 296KB]

Magic sponge

During mass at our spiritual home in St. Bernardino, the archreferee would hold aloft the Sacred Sphere and bestow upon us His most holy blessing: Kind friends, VVIPs, Ultras and Hottest–WAGs, we are gathered here on St. Totteringham's Day to drink beers and throw flares, onto this, our most revered turf. To soar heavenward upon Mexican Waves while singing “Sweet Caroline”. To give 110% when sports–washing the unsaved. To throw sardines into the sea from the back of a trawler. To find the back of the net, a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God. For winners forever win big, and losers must fall hard. So please take a knee, wrap your Keffiyeh tight and raise your Vuvuzelas for the national benediction: Our Footy, who art in heaven, hallowed by Thy game. Thy Kingdom score, thy bets be more, on phones as it is in Qatar. In nomine Blatter, et FIFA, et Spiritus Alea… You may now invade the pitch

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Sports promotion at Olympic Park [Aug-2017 244KB]

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St. Bernardino
Patron saint of behavioural modification social conditioning advertising, communications & compulsive gambling wagering
Sacred Sphere
A hollow spherical object made of suitable material, with an external circumference between 680—700mm, mass of 0.41—0.45kg, and inflated to an interior pressure of 60.795—101.325 kPa at sea level
VVIPs
Very — very — important people
Ultras
Highly accomplished association football fans noted for their face tattoos, black hoodies, impulse–control and civilised behaviour during pitch invasions
Hottest–WAGs
The most attractive and highly accomplished Wives & Girlfriends of players
St Totteringham's Day
The day celebrated by Arsenal fans when Tottenham can no longer outrank them in the League table
Mexican Waves
A mechanical transverse wave comprised of vertically oscillating sports–fans
Sweet Caroline
The singalong talisman of the hive mind, penned by one of music's greatest gifts to humanity
110%
Spectator sport is the only known exemption to the 1st Law of Thermodynamics
Sports–washing
The role of talented, hard–working and well–sourced writers when reporting physical recreation events
Throw sardines […] trawler
King Eric's 1995 epigram
Hand of God […]
The 1986 FIFA World Cup miraculous goal
Take a knee
A highly efficient way to signal virtue
Keffiyeh
The most sacred of moral emblems
Vuvuzelas
The national wind instrument of South Africa
Qatar
A Gulf petro–state which has denied any wrongdoing, ever
Blatter
Highly accomplished 8th President of FIFA from 1998 to 2015
FIFA
Federation Internationale de Football Association
Alea
Latin: “compulsive gambling game of chance”

I could have drunk a river

A couple of schooners, a case of Smirnoff Ice Double Black vodka, a few more shots at the Dragon Lounge, and I was yours

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Abandoned refreshments near Gas Lane, in Millers Point [Jan-2014 396KB]

Survival of the richest

Our remaining days were spent counting our passive income, in the comfort and safety of our own bunkers

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Australia's richest street, Wolseley Road Point Piper [Sep-2012 322KB]

How did we ever get here?

A ceaseless concrete mausoleum, seen through windscreens smeared with despair

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Ventilation funnels atop the Kogarah Railway Station car–park [Apr-2011 68KB]

Window dressing

The “glass cliff” was a convenient way to disregard systemic corporate dysfunction

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Office building window–washers, Martin Place [Sep-2023 347KB]

Private splendour

The poorest people with the most expensive phones; the best cars on the worst roads; the smartest children in the most dilapidated schools

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Luxury cars gleam in the parking space behind a Kogarah real–estate agency [Apr-2011 138KB]

Equality of opportunity

Why quibble about public spending on kids' education? It's a fact of life that wealthy parents pay more tax. So to maintain fairness in the marketplace of educational options and respect parental free choice, governments must fully fund independent schools

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GPS tennis courts in Stanmore [Sep-2012 254KB]

Grand theft generations

Safe in our gated communities and looking down from our luxury apartments in the sky

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Jacksons Landing at Pyrmont in Sydney [Jan-2013 141KB]

Empire of the self

Bring distant points of interest within close range by the use of this machine

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Empire State Building observation deck, NYC [Oct-2017 434KB]

In the thrall of Schedule 8

A considerable number of people spent their lives up the Cross

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Fitzroy Gardens in Kings Cross [May-2003 438KB]

Remarks

Taken using a Leica rangefinder, when it was still one of the few unobtrusive ways to do candid photography. In following years have used cameras triple the size, sometimes even mounted on a tripod. So it's really just a question of confidence, timing and discretion, and not the brand of camera or whether the logo has been covered with black tape

Beneath the iron ceiling

Social mobility was never guaranteed

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Lord Sheffield Circuit at Penrith [Apr-2017 63KB]

Racquet Kultur

Watch, cheer, drink, boo, belch, repeat

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Display Court #3 outside the Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne Tennis Centre [Apr-2019 309KB]

Rainbow connection

Everyone had a moral duty to embrace love, freedom, vigilance and revolutionary justice

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Same–sex Marriage Law Postal Survey posters outside the Imperial Hotel at Erskineville [Sep-2017 323KB]

National days past

Australia Day used to be a day of patriotism, community and celebration (The Guardian, 2024)

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In 2005, one of the many flag sellers in Hyde Park Sydney [Jan-2005 232KB]

Back to the beach

All thoughts eventually led to the sea

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Surf carnival surf–skis, Manly beach [Jan-2021 303KB]

Together at last

A journey of six thousand, seven hundred and twenty–five days began with a single step

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Newly–weds at Grand Central Station, NYC [Oct-2017 257KB]

403 Forbidden

It became necessary to destroy Justice in order to save the Legal System

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Having a legal system with humanitarian principles can occasionally produce a less than ideal result. So, pursuant to s.8(e) of the NSW Court Suppression and Non–publication Orders Act 2010, along with the strict confidentiality provisions under s.462 of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW), the purpose(s), if any, of including this scene in this project cannot be disclosed for legal reasons. [Sep-2014 106KB]

Keeping the Sixties alive

Escape from post WWII Europe; The promise to a dead brother; The memory of a beloved wife; Shelves with empty chocolate boxes and soda bottles; The customers who only came to stare

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Olympia milk–bar & hair salon at Parramatta Road, Annandale. Permanently closed by council order in April 2019 and auctioned for redevelopment in 2023 [Jul-2016 473KB]

A few personal blow–outs

Success, power, glamour, excuses, misstatements, lies

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Corner of Pine and Cleveland, near Central [Jul-2017 352KB]

Release the bats

Canned music, caterwauling karaoke & wall–to–wall poker–machines

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Nick Cave and The Birthday Party at Sydney University Refectory [Jan-1982 310KB]

Logic had nothing to do with oppression

(Steinem, 1983)

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Egalitarian architecture at Wunulla Road in Point Piper [Sep-2012 244KB]

Revisiting the Heavenly Kingdom

Exploring the space which divides contemporary art from its viewers

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Projected art installation at the 2024 Sydney Biennale at White Bay Power Station [Mar-2024 200KB]

Character arc

An enormous effort was made to broaden the variety of gender roles

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Sydney candid triptych [Oct-2014 296KB]

Swans victory parade

Winning the AFL premiership was the most important thing

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Victory parade aftermath outside the QVB, Sydney [Sep-2005 410KB]

Follow your geodesic

Take another selfie and move on, criss–cross the planet to only find yourself

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Posing tourists at Sydney Cove [Aug-2014 257KB]

Remarks

Like most western economies, there was an enthusiastic shift to rely on tourism as a foreign–exchange earning and local–jobs boosting “export”

Windows on the world

The Twin Towers loomed over everything

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HMAS Vampire pendant number & anchor, Australian National Maritime Museum [May-2023 172KB]

Tallest tombstones in the world

Arithmétique Macabre: 9/11 = 2977 + 18 462

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Church spire beneath a flight path, at Rockdale in Sydney [Dec-2013 111KB]

Remarks

The impact of the September 2001 Islamist attacks cannot be overstated. It seeped into our culture and haunted us for decades

Heroes of Social Progress

Canonical ideals of liberalism, openness, cultural diversity, safe routes to asylum, genuine compassion for society's most vulnerable, celebrating difference, counter–racism, sensitivity training, positive discrimination, calling–out culturally unsafe practices, behaviour–change programs, open borders, undocumented migration, purity examinations, watch–lists, drug–kingpins, lone–wolves, international red notices, slogan–painted tents, quarantine camps, hospital ships, sovereign–citizens, capital city riots, failed states, resurgent right–wing authoritarianism

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Confetti remnants of the 2012 Swans AFL team Victory Parade [Oct-2012 553KB]

Living in a short here

It was taken for granted that we would live long productive lives

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AGNSW volunteer guide, Sydney [Jul-2022 308KB]

Go hard or go home

The more we studied history, the more we realised social decline was nothing new

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“Harbour Sands” at Darling Harbour [Jan-2017 600KB]

The natural order

Developers → Banks → Speculators → Mortgagors → Tennants → Unhoused

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Fairy Bower café dog bowls, Manly [Jan-2021 501KB]

Points of light

Remember, remember the eleventh of November

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Shrine of Remembrance, 11AM beam of light [Apr-2019 374KB]

The Law of Conservation of Sport

If bread ↓ then circus ↑

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Footy supporters watch their team lose at Panthers Park [Jul-2003 440KB]

The shadow of November 1989

The Atlantic–centred Cold War order unravelled as soon as the Wall came down

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Council kerbside clean–up, Darling Point [Jan-2017 442KB]

The big day

The bent–knee proposal in a fast–fоod restaurant; The princess–cut engagement ring; The lovely sangeet–inspired rehearsal dinner; The effortlessly stylish top–knot bun extension; The fake–tan; The lip augmentation injections; The adorable ivory patent leather classic ballerina flats; The bridesmaids' hair extensions & wrist corsages & hand–printed yellow kaftans & daisy crowns & box–fresh white sneakers; The trending blood–red gel nail–extensions; The stunning $20k bespoke wedding dress; The delicious hand–selected vegetables picked from the chateau gardens; The awesome Ottolenghi–style vegetarian feasts with steaming pork bao; The hand–cut white peonies; The polka–dotted ribbon for the mason jars; The bubble cyclone machines; The Disney love songs; The rhinestone encrusted complimentary selfie sticks; The juggling flower–girl triplets; The wow–factor troupe of wedding drummers; The pack of ninja wedding paparazzi; The PolAir hovering above the reception; The flashing LED hula–hoops to get the guests dancing; The flash–mob of young lions doing a gorgeous TikTok™ dabke; The last–minute bridesmaid replacements; The honour–guard of kids from previous marriages; The Labradoodle ring–bearer; The two dozen pure white doves for the magazine–worthy gluten–free celebration cake… But best of all, what about the hot pink ride!…

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Wedding–hire 14–seat H2 Stretch Hummer at Luna Park, Milsons Point [Oct-2014 248KB]

Enjoying the benefits of adequacy

Budget surpluses, rising house prices, vigorous job growth, decades of near–zero interest rates (until 2022)

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Lewisham apartment redevelopment [Jul-2018 332KB]

In a cage of gold

Most binding financial agreements were happy ever after

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Australia's richest street, Wolseley Road Point Piper [Sep-2012 289KB]

Cultural attrition

Civility could not last forever in a vacuum

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Wall graffiti on a Pitt Street Lane wall (subsequently demolished), near Town Hall [Oct-2012 439KB]

Contraindications

All the bright lights could not conceal the darkness

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Luna Park Friday night rides [Jan-2019 443KB]

Faith over fear

1. I believe and hold to the truth of the Christian faith as set forth in the Apostles’ Creed […]

2. In particular I believe —

(a) there is only one way to be reconciled to God which is through His Son, Jesus Christ, who died for our trespasses and was raised for our justification; and

(b) that God’s word written, the Bible, is the supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.

3. I acknowledge that [redacted] aims to educate young people in ways consistent with the teaching of the Bible and the gospel of Jesus Christ, and to this end I support the commitment to maintain and uphold the Christian faith in teaching and practice.

4. [redacted]

5. I agree that my continuance as a [redacted] staff member is dependent upon my continuing agreement with this declaration and I undertake to resign if this ceases to be the case.

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Orthodox Christian church on Belgrave Street, Kogarah. The text is from a “2024 Statement of Faith” from a western Sydney fundamentalist school [Oct-2013 345KB]

Forever wars

For decades we believed it was peace for our time

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“To Poseidon” sculpture by Xia Hang, at the Australian National Maritime Museum [Apr-2019 389KB]

Клином the revolution

Despite a century of recreational activism, the Whites were not beaten by the Red Wedge

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Mega mall at Auburn [May-2017 96KB]

One–way journey

On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place (Yes, 1971)

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Ovation of the Seas cruise-ship at the Sydney Overseas Passenger Terminal [Dec-2017 158KB]

Remarks

A couple of years after this photo was taken, 22 passengers from this ship died during a shore excursion due to the 2019 White Island volcanic eruption

Significant Form

From the poop–deck of a Dreadnought to the lighthouse on the banks of the River Ouse, bunga–bunga until the last light fades

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Cape Bowling Green Lighthouse, ANMM Darling Harbour Sydney [Nov-2021 266KB]

All the comforts

When even the humblest could afford the finer things in life

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Vagrant bedding at St James Station, Sydney CBD [Sep-2023 455KB]

Haute couture

The entire fashion industry was trickle–down in its purest form

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Step into Paradise Exhibition at Powerhouse Museum, Sydney [Jan-2020 444KB]

Opting away from the patriarchy

When this is all over, gender studies professors are going to have a hell of time teaching students about this moment in history (Valenti, 2017)

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Supplement Warehouse on Sunnyholt Road, Blacktown [Aug-2015 208KB]

After the siren

11 touches, 5 tackles, 3 clearances and 1 goal. Controlling, Non–controlling, Boundary & Goal umpires. Yes! Go! Kick! Woohoo! Run! Stop! Mark! No! What?! Miss! Booo! Exit Gate 3 ten minutes before the final siren. Shoving and yelling at Jolimont–MCG station. Front page, back page and 24–pages inside of pure footy analysis

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Melbourne vs St Kilda AFL game, MCG Melbourne [Apr-2019 514KB]

Cultural aftershocks

The impact of the 911 terrorist attacks reverberated across all cultures and religions

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911 Memorial park and museum, NYC [Oct-2017 301KB]

Eat fresh

Marketeers tapped into a growing personalisation potential and famous craves

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Upstairs food–court, Centrepoint Sydney [Dec-2019 82KB]

Our plates in heaven

Meet the new religion, same as the old religion

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Chefs' Warehouse in the “old Tongan Church”, Regent Street Redfern [Jul-2023 304KB]

There was always someone for everyone

Eugenics through involuntary abstinence

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Bollards at the Sydney Overseas Passenger Terminal, Circular Quay [Oct-2013 594KB]

The Wall is the Wall

(Trump, 2018)

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Busking opposite Sydney Town Hall [Jan-2018 295KB]

Murder on the dance floor

The Enlightenment turned out to be little more than flashing lights in a discotheque

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Queen Victoria Building “disco” Christmas lights, Sydney [Oct-2020 304KB]

Congratulations Mrs Nassif… you like?

There are many creditors and law enforcement agencies that are keen to speak to Mr Nassif. I would encourage him to make himself available to investigators in NSW so that we can find out exactly what he's done in this state and what his potential liabilities are (ABC News, 2023)

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Banana-yellow Lamborghini at Paddington [Apr-2017 169KB]

It was just a jump to the left

Everyone assumed an informed liberal democracy would sweep the world

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Pedestrian passageway at Potts Point [Dec-2015 541KB]

We two formed a multitude

The first time we saw each other has not been forgotten

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Abandoned shopping trolleys at Shoreline Drive in Rhodes [Dec-2015 402KB]

Null pointers

Always remember who you were and what you fought for

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Castlereagh Hotel Remembrance Shrine, Sydney [Jan-2019 185KB]

The great distraction

Society pressured people not to see, hear or speak about the elephant in the room (SciAM, 2024)

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Golden living statue, Circular Quay Sydney [Jun-2024 445KB]

Life under the occupation

The Fragmented was turned into the Harmonised by encouraging our staff to compile their own dossiers

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Revolving doors at the ANZ bank building, in Castlereagh Street [Aug-2014 182KB]

Remarks

When capturing this image I assumed it would probably end up a discard. When back home however, an hour spent in image editing programs changed things considerably

Crucify your mind

I really thought that love would save us all (Lennon, 1980)

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The exterior of the Greek Orthodox church of Saint Peter & Paul (since repainted), at Petersham [Sep-2012 404KB]

Remarks

As mentioned elsewhere, one of the enjoyable aspects of this project was finding unusual scenes in unexpected places. You would walk for hours and then suddenly there it was, almost as if had been waiting for you

A story of the margins

Park your car in the gutted remains of where people once earned a living

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Ex–Arnotts biscuit factory car park at North Strathfield [Jun-2017 458KB]

Everything was fine

We married our passion for the authentic interpretation of regional Spanish cuisine with a desire to celebrate the high quality fresh produce supplied by a close network of artisanal farmers

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Ash Street restaurant, Sydney CBD [Jan-2019 182KB]

Defence renaissance

After decades of cutbacks, drawdowns and ceaseless criticism from keyboard–warriors, governments had to renew defence spending when a new series of proxy–wars broke out

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Anzac Day Air Force personnel, Hyde Park Sydney [Apr-2023 233KB]

Remarks

After a long break following my heart attack in Jan 2023, it was good to be doing candid shots again. Used the SEL1655G for a change, an outstanding lens despite its excessive barrel distortion at wider angles

Fine–Dining Industrial Complex

The only way to achieve a true sense of purpose was by being seen in a hatted restaurant eating a pile of fat prawns with your toes exposed

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Restaurant exhaust stacks, Sydney Overseas Passenger Terminal [Jan-2019 122KB]

The Great White Fleet

Every Wednesday afternoon we would close our practice early to go down to the harbour and potter about in yachts

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Sydney harbour boats and ferries [Oct-2014 451KB]

Sumptuary Laws revisited

Raised heels for the elite, scuffed flats for everyone else

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Shoe boutique window display, QVB Sydney [Apr-2023 343KB]

Quick reno reaps a motza

A place where we could become our best selves by focusing on the smaller, more controllable world of Home

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Darling Point renovations, Sydney [Jan-2017 399KB]

Everything was done to preserve social harmony

Our commitment to specific kinds of D.E.I. was unwavering

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The waterfall entrance to the NGV, Melbourne [Apr-2019 525KB]

Remarks

Shots through the “water wall” at the National Gallery of Victoria are, unfortunately, a photographic cliché. Usually enormous care is taken to avoid these things, but this time the juxtaposition between the mother and outside family was far too strong to ignore

Sliding toward the Khilafah

Remember, do not stop shooting even if u see women or kids — no mercy is Rule One (Haroon, 2016)

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Lindt Café siege flower memorial at Martin Place, Sydney [Dec-2014 494KB]

Put the person before the disability

Inclusiveness meant telling everyone how much you cared

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Beneath the Western Distributor on Harris Street in Ultimo [Jan-2013 282KB]

Redefining perfection

You press the button, we do the rest (Eastman, 1888)

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Laurie Daley and fans at SOH [Jul-2014 336KB]

The Goombas are dancing again

The partisan audience shouted abuse at the stage and each other; The orchestra kept playing through the din; Its disdainful conductor glanced at his watch; Backstage the choreographer stood on a chair and yelled numerical prompts at the lurching & stomping performers; The grinning impresario flicked the house lights on and off; The composer retreated from the auditorium in bewilderment and disgust… And a few astute observers caught a glimpse of a world hurtling toward its own destruction

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Egan Street terrace, Newtown [Nov-2022 435KB]

All those moments

If only we had off–world colonies for a chance to begin again

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Times Square, NYC [Oct-2017 380KB]

Discrimination positive

Everyone agreed that a person's worth could only be determined by the number of their X–chromosomes

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Extended phenotypes at Addison Road in Marrickville [Sep-2012 264KB]

Lamp beside the golden door

During a time of global mass migration, decades of multiculturalism turned out to be an unqualified success (Turnbull, 2017)

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St Pauls Cathedral congregation after Good Friday service, Melbourne [Apr-2019 276KB]

Did but see her passing by

A well–dressed couple go for a stroll after the Commonwealth Day Observance at St Andrew's Cathedral

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EIIR and Prime Minister Howard at Town Hall, during the 2006 Royal Visit [Mar-2006 335KB]

Fighting for peace

The common purpose of every action was “security”

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The crypt beneath the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne [Apr-2019 207KB]

Brett's armchair

The same music in completely different hands

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Room 82 on the sixteenth floor, Harbourside Apartments [Jan-2019 295KB]

Remarks

Lavender Bay (visible through the windows) was one of Brett Whiteley's favourite subjects. The book on the nested table is Whiteley on Trial (2017), about the forgery of a handful of Whiteley's paintings and how the Victorian legal system couldn't find any problem with it

Efficiency dividend playbook

Exceptional merit deserved exceptional rewards

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Darling Point ferry wharf, Sydney [Jan-2017 250KB]

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A pleasant summer afternoon was suddenly transformed into an object lesson in social stratification, at the ferry wharf to one of Sydney's wealthiest suburbs

Aloha Oe

Our way of life faded right before our eyes

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Pasifika themed vintage car, High Street Penrith [Mar-2018 447KB]

A fit country for heroes to live in

With a place for everyone and everyone in their place

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Unhoused on Pitt Street Mall, Sydney [May-2016 478KB]

Remarks

The Sydney CBD was overrun with vagrants who would carefully position themselves in major thoroughfares to maximise their earning potential. I noticed this particular bivouac at a busy outdoor mall and came back a couple of days later to photograph it. Was amazed that neither the police nor council rangers had asked them to move on

Malpractice with impunity

The very first document, among more than a hundred in this folder, is a signed declaration by our client that he mixed up his patients and accidentally performed a full hysterectomy on the 36–year–old plaintiff. Correction — our client is [redacted], not the surgeon, who is merely a policy holder of our client. Thanks. The surgeon admits, in writing, that he sterilised the plaintiff by doing an unauthorised procedure. This is undisputed — so why is this matter dragging on for years with boilerplate requests for interrogatories, updated medical reports and dozens of discovery hearings? Well, it is our firm's policy to comprehensively test the merits of all claims to discourage frivolous ones. The plaintiff was harmed, the surgeon admitted negligence, so it cannot be “frivolous” and, frankly, our deliberate stalling borders upon unconscionable. I'll say it again: it is our firm's policy to test all claims to discourage frivolous ones…

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The ghosts of lawyering among the tombstones at Camperdown cemetery, Newtown [Jun-2015 413KB]

Remarks

Metaphors to celebrate the synergy between law and healthcare. The accompanying blurb is a paraphrased version of a conversation between myself and a law firm medical–litigation partner (represented in italics), in April 1992

Psychophysical conundrums

Why did the chicken cross the road?… Because it was neither a “road” nor a “chicken”

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Sydenham pedestrian crossing [May-2023 779KB]

Bench blanket bingo

Cover, cloak, cape, napkin, camouflage, shroud

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Coalcliff station platform, South Coast NSW [Apr-2012 421KB]

Go anywhere in your whites

From keynote to creche, boxfresh white trainers became a must–have item

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Three pram group, George Street Wynyard [Jun-2024 370KB]

The post–industrial well–being complex

A lifetime of small authentic moments, where we honoured our feelings, encouraged mindfulness, feasted from the whole pantry, applied exacting combinations of essential oils, aligned our vibrational energy, embraced our expansion, cultivated cheerfulness and followed our heart–led bliss down the path to soulistic wellness

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Sydney Olympic Park RSPCA stall [May-2018 288KB]

Luxury was a human right

Hollywood stars, $10K timepieces, begging for small–change

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You get what you pay for at the Pitt Street Mall in Sydney [Sep-2023 279KB]

Cameo soulmate

Forget drinks after work, she said, and come straight to her new house; Greetings at the door with a smile, damp hair and a Simpsons T–shirt; She grabs my hand and shows me around, before ordering her hostile mother to leave; We finally agree to dine out; The golden light fades while walking up Rae Street; Her fingers shine with unexpected rings; Tales of a stateless childhood seeking a better life; So elope fast, live well and tick all the boxes she said; And other practical things

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Project Halo at Central Park in Sydney [Nov-2022 340KB]

90% misdirection

Productivity was enhanced via use of mass–produced images of sex symbols

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Workbench at the Pottery Estate, Lithgow [Jun-2019 454KB]

Carnival ride

As we grew older, we craved the luxurious splendour and pampering that only floating Xanadus could provide

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Majestic Princess cruise–ship, Circular Quay [Jan-2020 242KB]

Boxing day specials

Our cities were gradually fortified, one concrete block at a time

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Anti vehicle–ramming barriers at George Street, Sydney [Dec-2017 202KB]

Community standards

Our suburbs were strewn with eye–popping enticements from agile entrepreneurs

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Dulwich Hill skate park [Sep-2015 88KB]

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The “sneakers thrown over power–lines” meme has been comprehensively addressed by TikTok™ contributors: Some people do it just to be annoying. Some people do it as a memorial to a dead friend. Some people do it to advertise a drug dealer territory. Some people do it because they've seen it done and just think it's funny (Daily Mail UK, 2020)

Freedom behind the wheel

To stream down packed motorways, clutching tickets to the road–trauma lottery

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Tyre burn–outs in an abandoned housing development at Faulconbridge, in the Blue Mountains [Dec-2012 699KB]

Discover your authentic self

The best we could hope for was to become someone's pet

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Town Hall arcade begging, Sydney [Jul-2015 405KB]

The one with the best notes wins

Half–step bends to voice for the next chord

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Guitar seller, Winter Magic festival at Katoomba [Jun-2019 366KB]

Dialectical virtuousness

A vanguard of activists, scholars, experts and news–workers decided it was their moral duty to reform everyone else's morals

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Rainbow house, Stanmore [Nov-2017 369KB]

Zero–day vulnerability

Novel Sars–CoV–2 began to spread across the globe at the end of 2019. Millions died, economies contracted and civic life became a meandering series of lockdowns

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Balaclava sculpture (since removed) at the Newtown Tram Depot [Jul-2019 674KB]

Ubiquitous harassment

We crossed the road near the Fairfax building and noticed @ 20 blokes loading trucks with bundled newspapers. As soon as they saw my friend they started whistling and catcalling — almost hysterically. I was surprised but she wasn't, and she added with quiet contempt: Building sites are worse…

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Central Park brewery, Chippendale [Oct-2024 118KB]

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This incident happened in Dec 1984. One of the great social advancements over the last forty years has been the near extinction of such overtly sexist behaviour — in public

Every city another Venice

From aquarium to fish–soup in one generation

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Tourists at the McMahon Point ferry wharf, Sydney [Jan-2019 251KB]

A new world order

The social contract had to be amended to quadruple the number of billionaires

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Torn up posters on Parramatta Road, Strathfield [Jul-2014 419KB]

Lambos to the moon

It was an era of unending optimism, where vast fortunes were made without any effort. When cashed–up families prospered, inflation was beaten (until 2022) and credit was easy at near–zero rates (until 2022). When average mums & dads became CEOs, collected NFTs (until 2023), leased out short–term rentals and bet hard on cryptocurrencies. When stock markets kept rising to record heights, and house values ballooned to what looked like a permanently high plateau

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Living statue performer at Circular Quay [Jul-2017 348KB]

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A simple, almost throw–away candid snap acquires a sinister meaning when you notice the children were prodding a stuffed crocodile

Let the little children play

The Law Council of Australia issued a statement on Friday saying judicial immunity was “intrinsically related” to the independence of judges and their ability to fearlessly make decisions according to the law

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Skippy Girls mural, Wilson Street Darlington [May-2022 319KB]

A modest proposal

Advocates of progressive social change insisted the choice was morally obvious. 9.4M voters disagreed

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2023 Referendum placards, at Surry Hills & Darlington [Sep-2023 265KB]

Foamy frappuccino in a sea of amber

Our restaurant and coffee habits were never those of an anxious nation

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Empty beer kegs outside the Abercrombie Hotel at Broadway [Oct-2012 239KB]

Staying on message

Sectarian quarrelling went on for so long that it etched itself into the background

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Christian proselytising at Belmore Park (since removed), near Central station [Apr-2016 614KB]

Lotus, Porsha & Mersaydees

Part of Bogan Pride was to give your children homophonous names of brands you hoped they would steal

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Excavation of an ex–service station at Bullaburra in the Blue Mountains [Feb-2011 450KB]

Forerunning the Great Stagnation

Before the 1990s, every decade had its own distinctive fashion and sense of style

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The Krystyna Campbell–Pretty Fashion Gift, NGV Melbourne [Apr-2019 164KB]

Cordon sanitaire

We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return: we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again. (EIIR, 2020)

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Bollards at Warrimoo [Oct-2019 499KB]

Tutelary architects of the soul

Completely united by a shared vision of a progressive future, our beliefs were grounded in science, fundamental human rights and the correct use of pronouns

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An air–filled waver during the Sydney Swans AFL team celebrations, at Sydney Town Hall [Oct-2012 216KB]

The sun always shines on the Supreme Leader

The inspection of State Food Processing Plant #2193 inspired genuine patriots to dance and brandish flowers

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Fast–food franchise at Old Canterbury Road, Hurlstone Park [Oct-2015 205KB]

Looking back

Let silent contemplation be your offering

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Hall of Memory, Anzac Memorial Sydney [Apr-2023 266KB]

Mission statement

We auctioned the Glory of the coming of the Lord

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A de–consecrated Anglican church at Warrimoo, in the Blue Mountains [Jul-2011 162KB]

Fungible ideology

It required little effort to pivot from “SJW” to “WSJ”

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Fearless Girl statue, NYC [Oct-2017 350KB]

Scenes from the new world

Willkommenskultur guaranteed a kaleidoscope of culinary delights

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Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne [Apr-2019 111KB]

Waiting for the V–shaped recovery

It took nearly a century to progress from sound fundamentals and prosperity around the corner to bouncing back and primed for lift–off next year

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Broadway bus–stop beggar, Central [Jan-2020 100KB]

Suburban psychodrama

Our belief in a better tomorrow was expressed through our architecture

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Front yard gate, Great Western Highway [May-2019 281KB]

Rule, Britannia

Brexit was expertly handled by everyone who had a commitment to open borders

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Union Jack painted cab, Katoomba Antiques store [Sep-2024 342KB]

Molecular resonance

Free markets guaranteed an abundant reservoir of identical products and services

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Nike Savas installation at Macquarie Centre, Sydney [Dec-2017 447KB]

摆 烂

By using Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the Central Committee of the CCP reshaped the Motherland into a wise, benevolent and evergrande superpower, who was a positive force for good across the world

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St Collins Lane upstairs food court, Melbourne [Apr-2019 403KB]

Punching down

In a changing world and with the best intentions, it wasn't enough to use progressive argument to challenge expressions of racism, homophobia, sexism and misogyny. You had to prevent people from thinking racist, homophobic, sexist and misogynistic thoughts in the first place

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Bruce Lee statue prior to unveiling at the Kogarah Town Centre [Mar-2011 217KB]

Trouble in Luvvyland

Decades of progressive instruction about positive social change struggled to achieve the desired outcome

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Apartment building at the top of View Street, Dunedin NZ [Nov-2017 487KB]

Underlying conditions

Health interests needed to be balanced with protecting the economy. It was accomplished by altering a few epidemiological definitions, statistically rationalising deaths and shifting the emphasis to personal responsibility

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The Masked Passenger, near Glenbrook [Jan-2020 221KB]

Contumacious determination

Faithful servants of the court had a duty to finesse reality until outcomes matched expectations

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Addison Road community centre, Marrickville [Sep-2012 191KB]

In the time of contagion

Green physical distancing dots will continue to guide customers on the best places to sit and stand on all modes

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COVID–19 safe seating on the Double Bay ferry, Sydney [Jul-2020 479KB]

Capitalist idyll

Forget about Marx or Lennon or Hayek or Friedman–Phelps: The Colonel saw, the Colonel knew, the Colonel understood

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Fast–food franchise hoarding at Parramatta Road, Five Dock [Sep-2016 154KB]

Vector of ideological provocations

Passing the Bechdel Test with flying colours

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Insta–friendly attraction at the 2024 Sydney Biennale at White Bay Power Station [Mar-2024 342KB]

Driving home for Christmas

Childhood holidays strapped into the back–seat of a car

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Christmas display, Centrepoint Sydney [Dec-2019 305KB]

Growing pains

People were encouraged to use public transport to reduce traffic congestion

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Commuters on the St Kilda tram, Melbourne [Apr-2019 194KB]

Direct instruction

Expert guidance, along with detailed interpretive panels, ensured Art was enjoyed properly

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AGNSW tour guide, Sydney [Mar-2019 182KB]

Open borders made us vibrant

Migrants [were] integral members of Australian society, not just economic units to be managed (ABC News, 2024)

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Signs in Burwood's Chinatown [May-2024 371KB]

Teachable moments

At a time when issues of decolonisation and anti–racism were paramount, gallerists & curators taught us the moral imperative of correcting historical wrongs by celebrating reclamation, multiplicity and all things blak

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Adrián Villar Rojas' “The End of Imagination”, AGNSW [Dec-2022 80KB]

Remarks

This almost became the project's final image, due to my heart attack in January 2023

Some semblance of community

Democracy continued to best serve the interests of those who were most invested

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NSW election voting centre at Town Hall [Mar-2019 552KB]

Remarks

One of the great themes of the last forty years has been the gradual unravelling of western democracy. One could say it began with Watergate in June 1972, but you could equally argue that it started much earlier in November 1963 with the assassination of JFK

Together alone

We loved each other like it was the end of the world

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Cockle Bay promenade, Darling Harbour [Dec-2003 453KB]

Magnificent isolation

The doorbell legit scares me now. I jump every time. It just seems so aggressive when you could just SMS (WSJ, 2017)

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Young Street terrace doorway (since repainted) at Annandale [Sep-2015 531KB]

Race Day chic

Ladies in the public enclosure would enjoy themselves during the Cup aftermath

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Rosehill Racecourse, Melbourne Cup hairdresser's picnic [Nov-2005 308KB]

Remarks

Another Hasselblad film image, using my “portable” 3kg set–up of 501CM, Distagon 50 FLE, PME45 viewfinder, Metz strobe, cable release and monopod

Unleash your inner daemon

Pets lifted our spirits and reminded us of who we really were

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On the Parramatta ferry to Abbotsford [Mar-2015 320KB]

Expansionary austerity

Signs of recovery were hard to discern

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Bird cages outside the China Lane restaurant, Angel Place Sydney [Oct-2013 299KB]

Allow plenty of extra travel time

Spatially mismatched cities where amenity, employment and education were deliberately centralised, forcing young families and essential workers to commute for hours from greenfield areas beyond the urban fringe

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Trains on the T1 Western Line pass through Burwood Station [Apr-2015 230KB]

Operational Matters

VIP Lounges, lotteries, pokies, meat–trays & linked EFTPOS accounts

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Behind the Scenic Hotel Southern Cross, Dunedin NZ [Nov-2017 211KB]

Winning at the starting line

The torch was lit and there was magic in the air. Gold! Gold! Gold! For brands in an unprecedented premium integration ecosystem! Party members and strategic partners cheered. Media–workers asked each other how they felt. Grinning parents in bright T–shirts were interviewed. Writers witnessed lifelong dreams come true. Our tattooed heroes puffed and strained and flexed and paddled and skipped and flipped and hopped and twisted and splashed and bit their medals. We paid

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The endlessly gushing fountain at Olympic Park, Sydney [Jan-2011 303KB]

Nothing's gonna change my world

Imagine no Holden Morrisey Caulfield

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Strawberry Fields “Imagine” mosaic, Central Park NYC [Oct-2017 515KB]

Remarks

Some of the weekend circus attracted to Lennon's memorial in Central Park. Peace had little chance when it came to the epic jostling for best selfie positions, while dodgy buskers in the background murdered variations of St John's simplest tunes

Black hat/ white hat

Choose whichever suits your personality

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Black GMC Hummer versus white Chevrolet Corvette, Newtown [Sep-2023 327KB]

Without bias or agenda

Journalism is the pursuit of verifiable truth — it's an existential fight against conspiracy theories, fake news, voluble opinions, false balance, online bandwagons & talking points; against activists who claim to be in the truth business, but are actually in the point–of–view business (The Guardian, 2018)

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State of Origin victory celebration for the NSW Blues at the Northern Broad–walk, Sydney Opera House [Jul-2014 262KB]

Retrofitting diversity

From Apartheid to Black Lives Matter in only one generation

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Bent Street, Lithgow. [Apr-2012 400KB]

Dolchstoßlegende

Historical data was of little use to a society which always looked forward

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Photography at Observatory Hill, Sydney [Jan-2020 744KB]

Break with the past

Artefacts of violence for a new millennium

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The remains of the North Tower transmission mast at the 911 Memorial Museum [Oct-2017 490KB]

Electric evanescence

People would happily sing while hurling five–kilogram spheres

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Strike Bowling, King Street Wharf Darling Harbour [Jan-2019 146KB]

By this sign thou shalt conquer

Your dead loved one is communicating with us, so please go to the bank and send money to the Church so your loved one can ascend to heaven in the spirit world

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South Head General Cemetery, Vaucluse [Nov-2016 159KB]

Carpetbaggers everywhere

Oh, the neighbourhood? Well that's outside! S/he/it laughed (Eno, 1996)

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Rug World shop–front, Parramatta Road Auburn [May-2017 544KB]

Once I built a railroad

Delayed due to an operational issuePostponed due to a train requiring mechanical repairsBlue Mountains rail services have been suspended until further notice due to a freight train derailment at LindenNo trains this weekend due to scheduled track–workCancelled due to a staff availability issueLate due to mechanical problems earlier onRunning late and out of timetable orderTransport authorities have urged passengers allow plenty of extra travel time, listen to announcements and check information displays for service updates as stopping patterns may change at short noticeThis service has been cancelled due to an electrical fault, passengers should disembark and transfer to the suburban service waiting at platform fourRunning late due to a person causing a disturbance at CentralPassengers be advised that we are proceeding slowly due to some track failures, and if we make it through the next signal then we should be right to proceedNo trains this weekend due to scheduled track–workRail services have been suspended until further notice due to a landslip near LeuraCancelled due to a vehicle on the tracks at FaulconbridgeDelays as a result of a number of unexpected incidents including a tree falling onto the tracks between St Leonards and Wollstonecraft, and a fire to sleepers at North StrathfieldAll services have been cancelled this week due to protected industrial actionThis train will terminate at Strathfield due to a passenger requiring medical assistance. All passengers for Central should disembark and transfer to a suburban service on platform fiveThere may be a short delay at Penrith while the rear carriage is checked for possible contaminationDelayed due to temporary speed restrictions caused by wet weather conditionsRunning 36 minutes late due to a person near the tracks at WerringtonWestbound train services have been suspended indefinitely due to an incident at Burwood requiring emergency servicesRunning late due to vandalism at Blacktown earlierTrains are not running between Springwood and St Marys due to urgent overhead wiring repairs at PenrithRunning late due to severe weather damaging equipment at Milsons Point and North SydneyDelayed due to an issue with a freight train at St Marys earlierWe apologise for the delay at Penrith due to kids with bikes on and around the tracksNo trains this weekend due to scheduled track–workTrains have been suspended between Lawson and Penrith due to a tree on the tracks near LindenDelayed by approximately 41 minutes due a person threatening self–harm at LithgowPostponed due to urgent power supply repairsCancelled due to urgent train repairs at Mt Victoria — we are currently in the process of bringing in a replacement train from Katoomba to form a city bound serviceCancelled due to lightning strike at PenrithRunning 27 minutes late due to a tree caught in the overhead wiring at BlaxlandBlue Mountains rail services have been suspended until further notice due to a landslip near Emu PlainsOther incidents including multiple self–harm attempts and trespassers on the tracks at Doonside and BellambiDelayed due to a police operation at AshfieldNo trains this weekend due to scheduled track–workMajor delays on all lines due to a fatality at MortdaleWe are arranging replacement buses, but so far we don't have a forecast for when they will arrive. Delay travel if possible or consider other transport options

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Macdonaldtown rail viaduct (since rebuilt) [Mar-1983 536KB]

Strategic Hamlet

I could be bound in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space (Shakespeare, 1603)

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Wharf Terrace disabled–access elevator at Lincoln Crescent in Woolloomooloo [Jan-2012 179KB]

Winning the argument

The only way to achieve positive social change was by performative activism

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Pro–Palestine demonstrators on George Street, Sydney CBD [Aug-2014 215KB]

Az Édes Élet

Between flavoursome mouthfuls, we would chat for hours about fusion & hats & che buono & charcuterie & amuse–bouches & soupçons & palette & texture & bon vivants & sommeliers & chef de cuisines & luscious celebrations & review vibes & queue–worthy & quotidian delights & gastronomic visions & signature–dishes & heirloom–recipes & swick! & oof!!! & peak tabbouleh & best meltiest cheese & a whole new dimension in crunch … and all the countless things we loved or didn't love to ingest

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The Acland Cake Shop window display, St Kilda Melbourne [Apr-2019 405KB]

Thought showers

To pro–actively incentivise our key stakeholders, we touched base, actioned our settings, got all our ducks in a row and strategically up–levelled our synergies to facilitate a win–win paradigm

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The repurposed cauldron from the best Olympic Games ever [Aug-2017 437KB]

Deus Vult

It wasn't every day you saw a church vandalised

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St Stephens Anglican Church, Penrith [Jun-2022 333KB]

Red lights all the way

Yet another branded installation amongst all the others

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Campari Bar at the 2024 Sydney Biennale at White Bay Power Station [Mar-2024 293KB]

Without the Roaring Twenties

The green light at the end of the dock remained forever out of reach

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Bradleys Head lighthouse [Aug-2023 236KB]

Laps around the sun

It was a long night that wasn't long enough; We left The Cure concert ages ago but her bomb of a car wouldn't start; Some bloke eventually gave us a jump–start, but he kept glancing so often at her lycra sleeveless turtleneck that she had to fold her arms (and whisper to me Next time remind me to wear a burqa); Finally we're speeding through a late wintеr night and she insists on driving with the windows down; Pull in to a 24hr service station to refuel and buy a large bottle of engine oil; Arrive at her student–share terrace to climb the narrow interior stairs; Our quiet voices in her 3×3¾m room; Milk–crate furniture, overladen clothes rack, Chelsea Girls movie poster, cigarettes, oil column heater, photocopied course–materials and a hot water bottle on her unmade bed; Shove aside a fortnight of clothes to sit on a worn Mexican rug; She lights another cigarette and a cone of smoky light swirls down from the ceiling; Her mechanical alarm–clock ticks on a nightstand; Why am I here? Because my current boyfriend prefers to spend his time swinging on a tyre rope… Fingers through her clean snaggly hair; She tells me about her regional childhood and how determined she was to escape; I clean her eyeglasses and she beams with delight; Gentle teasing about her bourgeois diamond ear–studs; Her round face and large brown eyes; The faintest wisp of a moustache; Glimpses of axillary hair stubble; Peel off the sleeveless top and unzip her jeans; Her smooth soft flesh; The fine black hairs on her lower back and abdomen; The perfume in surprising places; Her laugh; Her voice; Her curves; Her smell, and mouth, and warmth; Her icy cold feet; Her surprisingly small cot

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Turning circle (since repainted) outside Central Station, Sydney [Mar-2019 763KB]

Remarks

Every image in this project has at least one subtext. Part of the fun was finding them in the most unlikely places

Free at last

Your mega–mortgage turned out to be a perfect forced–savings vehicle

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Victoria Street terrace, Kings Cross [Jul-2018 374KB]

Fête Moderne

There was an enormous disconnect between the amount of sex in our culture and the amount that people actually got

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W–H portfolio session, Hurstville [Jun-1991 337KB]

Remarks

The long clean hair, the parted lips, the fingers & nails, the feminine curves and décolletage… it's all very erotic until you notice the spiked belt

Ever present eyes

A watchful environment loaded with photographers to record your every moment

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Anzac Day photographers, Park Street Sydney [Apr-2018 269KB]

Mr. Robot says “Hi”

The Dark Army aligned with the top 1% of the top 1% to dim the lights in a Stage 2 America

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US Armed Forces recruiting station, Times Square NYC [Oct-2017 212KB]

Smokers soiree

We couldn't imagine there would come a time when almost no one smoked in public

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UNSW Revue director and producer A–H, at an after–show party at Darlinghurst [May-1985 205KB]

Remarks

We grew up surrounded by tobacco smokers in the 1960–70s. Yet one of the few positive achievements of my generation has been the 70% reduction in smoking since 1995 (AIHW, 2024). We consequently saved more lives in the 21st century than were lost in all the wars in the century before

True deliverance make

Be sure your sins will find you out

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Clothesline posts at Millers Point [Aug-2016 298KB]

Embracing kodokushi

Apartment blocks were designed to challenge the emotional needs of occupants

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Circa Residences, Burwood's nostalgic salute to a 1975 episode of The Goodies [May-2024 286KB]

F2F heroes

Who was the faker and who was the fake?

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Madame Tussauds Sydney, Darling Harbour [Jan-2019 115KB]

Pathways to freedom

Irregular migration was a test of our commitment to humanity, compassion and universal human rights

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The Edge at Eureka Skydeck, Melbourne [Apr-2019 246KB]

Electric tribalism

Everyone wandered around with no idea what was about to happen

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Preparations for the 2019 Australia Day celebrations, Campbells Cove Sydney [Jan-2019 325KB]

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