Monday, April 30, 2007

Push















This image was an unplanned candid grabbed as I was standing around trying to figure out a half decent viewpoint from which to photograph the exterior of the new Brisbane Square building. These two individuals gleefully photographed each other trying to move the immovable. As a result, I'm seriously contemplating a project involving taking photographs of people taking photographs, (they just seem to do it so well).

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Spaceship Earth

The futuristic interior of the Brisbane City Council's newly completed flagship library (Brisbane Square), boasts a decor that always suggests to me the passenger lounge of an intergalactic spaceliner. The floor to ceiling viewing ports (windows) canted at odd angles and unusual use of coloured internal lighting are just the passenger comforts I'd expect, hurtling as it were to a distant star, (whilst whiling away the time with some Heinlein).

Monday, April 23, 2007

Alternative Music

This image is so called because of the young man's expression of interest in creating a Brisbane based alternative music magazine focusing on local bands and trends. No stranger to photography himself, he showed me his new Pentax *istDS that he had recently purchased to take images for his new rag.

Friday, April 20, 2007

Billy Boil

Taken at the top end of Ann Street (near the intersection of George St), this sculpture is situated outside the DPI building adjacent to the footpath. I took a number of shots, deliberately waiting for passers by to walk into the frame created by two of the sculpted pieces.

Skate-Away

The skate shop in lower Albert Street is a favourite hangout for pavement surfers. The shutter speed was sufficiently slow such that a passing pedestrian recorded only as a blur.

Silent Vigil

Evangelism in a busy city can take many forms. Despite the passive manner in which these Quakers make their point, their stance and quiet determination exude a strength that suggest such a thing might just be possible.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Shopfront Reflection

An unused, and rather cheeky image from the recent Monochrome Brisbane "reflections" project. At times, the Myer window dressers can be quite creative in their artistry.