Monday, July 04, 2005

K.G. Street


It was bound to happen sooner or later.

I found a 'new' street, off the section of Pultney Street that runs from Flinders Street to Wakefield Street. When I was first taking photos in this area, K.G. Street would have appeared as a private driveway for a place of business, gated and seemingly off-limits to the general public. The only thing different about it now is the shiny new street sign that has been fastened to the down pipe of a building at it's corner.

Funny how a name can change the significance of something.

I'll leave K.G. Street posted here for a while, then I'll move it to it's rightful place between Ifould Street and Pultney Court.

Saturday, July 02, 2005

Friday, July 01, 2005

Flickring the Project

I've begun the long process of uploading the Project to Flickr. The opportunity to group all of my photos into the various themes that keep popping up (doors, numbers, the yellow line, bins) is very appealing to me. I also like the randomly-selected photos that appear in my Flickr 'button' to the right - a wonderful opportunity to remind myself of an alleyway or side street that I may have forgotten. So far, I've only uploaded the first photos that I took for the Project on the 26th of September last year. Having these old photos right next to my latest efforts makes for some interesting (read: cringe-worthy) comparisons.

School holidays are almost here. My right index finger is beginning to twitch with anticipation...

Edit: I've changed my mind about uploading all of my photos to Flickr. With a limited account and dial-up internet, it's going to take way too long. So I've been a little more selective, uploading only those photos that I am happy with. That's about 150 photos. Still going to take a while to upload though...

Edit: I'll definitely be signing up to Flickr as a pro. I've already used up my monthly upload allowance...

"Those Disgusting Photos"

I've been meaning to post this for weeks but after six intensive days of parent-teacher interviews, I've become a bit of a lazy sod.

About three weeks ago, I took my students on an excursion to the Botanic Gardens to view a Jeanie Baker exhibition featuring collages from her latest book, Belonging. While we were waiting near a building on Hackney Road, one of my students pointed out a large collecting of pigeon droppings on one of the walls.

"You know those disgusting photos you take? Well, I found another one for you."

She must have been thinking of the photo of Lindes Lane that I showed the class at the start of the year...