This is a new series I started during the Covid pandemic while travelling within the restrictions of my home state of Queensland but it will eventually branch out into other Australian states as travel restrictions come to an end. Again, like much of my recent work, I was interested in photographing humble abandoned or disused structures in a simple way that highlights form and has an interaction with the locality. Almost a “Back Roads of Americana” mentality with an Australian subject matter. As with that series, this one adopts an anti-Instagram aesthetic and often employs a blatant disregard to the “rules” of photography. For me, good subject matter will always come before “good light”. I’m not interested in searching for beauty and again I’ve totally detached myself from trying to satisfy a mainstream audience and by continuing that contrarian approach I can continue to evolve as a photographer. Photography for me is not about gaining someone else approval, it’s purely self expression. I liked these humble landscapes so I photographed them in my own way, and if others take the time to look deeper into the photograph and interpret them in their own way, then that’s merely a bonus.
