RED GALLERY 157 ST GEORGES ROAD FITZROY NORTH VIC 3068
The North side of Melbourne, Fitzroy North, in particular, stands as a testament to Melbourne’s 1880s boom, the era of “Marvellous Melbourne” when builders poured care and craftsmanship into their buildings. Great pride was taken in creating façades that stood out: decorative brickwork, elaborate pediments, capstones, stained glass windows, and finely detailed parapets were common. Each row of terraces or shops tried to outdo the next, resulting in streetscapes that, when viewed above shop level, still display remarkable cohesion and artistry.
This exhibition celebrates what normally goes unseen.
I started taking photos in London around the age of six, with a variety of roll film cameras inherited from my parents, sadly no results survive.
At 16, I saved for a year for my first serious camera a Minolta SRT 101. Then l embraced the Summer of Love, was fired from my telecoms job and started in photography, sweeping the floors in a London 'Society' portrait studio. I moved to an architectural studio as 'dev boy' locked in the darkroom all day long, and then assisted a famous London food photographer and fell in love with Hasselblad.
In 1968 l started as an assistant in an serious advertising studio where I spent the next five years, progressing to second photographer and making a number lifelong friends. I worked freelance reportage for a time and then diverted into Hi-fi & PR for the rest of my working life. Now in Melbourne I am back with camera in hand and and seeing shots on every street corner. Watch this space!
LOCATION
Fitzroy North
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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