Waiting for a fare

Melbourne cabbies now feature drivers from the Indian subcontinent. They are often students making money driving when they aren't studying. Here are some, waiting for a fare.

From Melbourne

Looking Up

There I was, shooting with Janina and John for the first time. I didn't get to meet Brandon, and the weather was fine, then drizzly, then fine again. Janina introduced us to this building interior and I had the 7-14mm Zuiko Digital on the floor, then just holding up.

The lighting in this area was just magical.

Art Deco - Your Assignment

Terry Lane highlighted the Art Deco exhibition currently being held at the National Gallery of Victoria. A lot of Art Deco buildings in Melbourne can be enjoyed, he says, by looking up. Seems a good enough motivation of us Melburnians to go shooting this month. The exhibition is entitled Art Deco 1910 to 1939, running from 28th June to 5th October. You're encouraged to shoot some buildings and join the Deco Detectives, by adding the photos to their mashup interactive map - with the possibility of winning a double pass to the exhibition each week until the 3rd of October.

Or, simply enjoy shooting Art Deco buildings and post them via Flickr, Picasa, Panoramio. How about it?

Things to read from the NGV:

• Clues to help identify Art Deco (pdf)
  
• Melbourne websites for more information (pdf)
• Visit Victoria list of buildings
  
• Visit Victoria info
• Walking Melbourne Art Deco Building Search
• Art Deco Building Preservation by the Art Deco Society

From Melbourne

From Melbourne

 

From Melbourne

From Melbourne