I’ve been documenting suburbia and the fast changing and gentrification that is occurring where entire precincts are demolished to make way for the new. It’s part of my larger project documenting Australian suburbia. I was drawn to this scene as the light was beautiful at this time of the day. As so often is this case with plans, they go out the door and new opportunities present themselves. This is what happened here, I could see people coming from both directions and framed the scene and waited to capture this moment. The corner takeaway store was my main focus, so common in many suburbs now fast fading. The people passing and jogging by created a metaphor of the fast paced change happening in this suburb. I loved the dynamic fading light here and how the shadow coming from the figure on the right looks like a batman cape. This photograph forms part of my larger exploration of Australian Suburbia and I have a new book out Suburbia: Keeping Up Appearances as well as a selection of prints available through my website. I have a range of other books and prints from my projects too available here. Grab yourself a Suburbia + Impermanence - West Coast Tasmania Books as a bundle and save on postage costs.
From my project exploring Australian Suburbia and its rapid rate of change.