These photographs explore the quieter side of the places around me — familiar streets, buildings, railway lines, bridges and bushland seen at moments when light, fog, darkness or stillness make them briefly unfamiliar.
A railway station disappears into the mist. Streetlights become floating points of light. An ordinary stand of eucalyptus becomes almost otherworldly in the morning light. Empty streets and buildings take on a different character after dark.
Rather than simply documenting a place, I'm interested in what happens when something changes our perception of it — when the familiar becomes strange, atmospheric or quietly mysterious.
These are familiar places, with another world underneath them.
Morning mist and golden light along the East Gippsland Rail Trail.
Bairnsdale Arcade, after dark.
Bairnsdale railway line at dawn.
A train passes through Bairnsdale station at dawn.
Bairnsdale railway station disappears into the morning fog.
The Mitchell River Bridge reflected in the darkness of the river.
Light and shadow across the brickwork of St Mary’s Catholic Church, Bairnsdale.
St Mary’s Catholic Church, Bairnsdale, illuminated against the night.
A communications tower rises through the morning fog as dawn breaks over Bairnsdale.
Morning fog settles over Howitt Park, Bairnsdale, as the path disappears into the mist.
The old railway bridge over the Mitchell River emerges through the morning fog at Bairnsdale.
The old railway bridge over the Mitchell River, marked by graffiti and time.
The old butter factory reflected in the still waters of the Mitchell River at night.
The Beaufort Gardens War Memorial, Bairnsdale, illuminated at night.