back to this theme from a previous post – shoes on a powerline - again, but i just couldn’t go past this one. shoes with a view. looks like they have been there for a while.
i have to say, that was one Very good throw.
if bolts and birkenstocks are your thing, why not nail a jesus sandal onto a pole?
Edited: July 31st, 2009
this is the ABC‘s old site out at Gore Hill. Since moving to Ultimo, this enormous bit of land has just been sitting there doing nothing.
seems there is some movement at the station, with buildings being knocked down to make way for development. I wonder what they will do the the transmitter?
Edited: July 30th, 2009
this was taken somewhere in Liverpool/Moorebank.
looks peaceful enough, but according to some of the locals this place turns into something out of the Thriller video at night. packs of kids roam the streets at night, tagging up, smashing up and setting fire to things all over the place. When dusk falls, the neighbours start to worry.
check out the urban equivalent of bad town planning and social meltdown here.
i know this may be an exaggeration, but i imagine that rather than Thriller, it is more likely to be like Come to daddy, see below:
glad i don’t live around here.
TAGS: liverpool, moorebank, music, social, social disaster, suburbia, Sydney
Edited: July 29th, 2009
the title says it all.
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13 Aug 2009
I have re-shot this scene at night – click here to see it
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Edited: July 27th, 2009
I didn’t really have the time to try too much today, but here is a dead rollerskating rink that I found today.
The building is magnificent and it has just been neglected and sits empty. Seems that some community group had it for a while, but now it just sits there waiting for a new tenant.
It would make an awesome venue I think.
Edited: July 26th, 2009
I read somewhere once that wherever you see shoes that have been thrown over power lines, then that means that there is a drug-dealer doing business nearby.
Sounds like the biggest load of crap to me.
What do you think?
Edited: July 25th, 2009
Okay then, will the real Phil James please stand up, please stand up?
For those of you who are regulars here, you would have already seen this post. Here is another piece found in Paddington.
Whoever this guy is, he really likes to see a mashed-up Princess Diana as you can see here, posted by a Kate Bedwell (nice name BTW, do you?).
Dumbo Feather has also mentioned him here, as has Darlinghurst Nights.
Someone called Reemski has posted this on her Flickr account as well.
I really hope this is not some clever viral marketing campaign that has us hoodwinked and that rather, it is a homegrown Banksy-type thing.
If it IS a marketing thing, I vow to take down all posts regarding this and replace them with something else i shot that day. You know I DO take more than one photo a day.
If anyone finds more of this guys work, please put your links into my comments.
PS. – Haberdashery – what an excellent word.
Edited: July 24th, 2009
I found this in Gordon, on the North Shore. I remebmber these signs from when i was a kid – and have forgotten about them until i saw this one. I wonder, does it still light uo at night?
Edited: July 23rd, 2009
I have noticed over the past few weeks these things appearing on Oxford Street.
Someone has made these pre-fabs (out of concrete?). There are TV and video remote controls, as well as one Nokia phone. Seems that they have poured the concrete into the mould, buttons and all and have scratched messages into them. The detail is amazing. They have been stuck onto brick walls with liquid nails or something.
One of them, a TV remote, is enscribed with the word “Isolation”. I like it. Here is another.
i also found a concrete computer.
I would love to know if anyone else here has seen these things and if anyone knows who is doing it?
My message to the perp is this – “Thank You!” – I hope the Saturday shoppers get your message.
Edited: July 22nd, 2009
I love the airport – especially when i am going somewhere (which I’m not).
I also love a bit of lens flare sometimes.
another from the desolate series of photographs.
Edited: July 21st, 2009
I was out at the suicide flats today and took quite a few shots. I think the best would be to publish a photo story on what I found out there. There is no one picture that can sum out what a mess things are out there – as well as there is no one shot that can convey the sense of community there.
there were old people out catching some rays, a real mixed bag multiculturally. The were lots of people (mostly old) hanging out in the lobby, chatting away and there were a few junkies ambling about – having more difficulty walking than the old people.
the suburban version of societal decay can be found here.
they have just demolished quite a few of the low-rise public housing and there are cranes and excavators working on putting up some more medium to high density accommodations. It looks alright from the plans, but I just wonder how long they can keep it looking good for?
i imagine there’s loads of “come to daddy” going on here.
Here’s the link:
http://www.redwatch.org.au/issues/public-housing/redevelopment/elizabeth-street/070430dohd/image_view_fullscreen
Edited: July 20th, 2009
When you have just bought yourself a new flat-screen TV, what do you do with your old cathode ray number?
Well, just dump it in the supermarket trolley you pushed 2 kms from the shops to your house and dump the TV into it and then push it under a bridge and leave it there, right.
Getting someone to collect your trolley is someone elses problem and job isn’t it? So why don’t they just deal with your old TV as well?
Everything in this picture is just so wrong. The TV probably works fine as well.
Edited: July 18th, 2009
A shop on Oxford st.
Yeah right.
Try: so cheap, so nasty, so chinese.
Edited: July 17th, 2009
Unfortunately, this is about the closest I got to enjoying that magnificent sunset today – mostly thanks to being trapped in traffic in the Harbour Tunnel.
Am utterly devastated, I was hoping to get to the beach or at least the Harbour foreshore to enjoy it.
Good luck to everyone who got a chance to really take it in – it really was something special.
Edited: July 16th, 2009
Oh the joy of it. I just love trawling through 12 months of paperwork as well as filling out my BAS statement. You salaried people don’t know how good you have it!
Edited: July 15th, 2009
Is it art, or advertising? hmmm. Looks like someone ripped another one off, just to the left of this one.
Edited: July 10th, 2009
It’s honest. Really.
check out some more feet on the street here.
Edited: July 9th, 2009
This guy is great – plays tunes from Elvis Presley movies like Blue Hawaii – also, he plays tunes like this:
Drop him a goldie or two if you see him out front of IGA supermarket on Oxford St, Paddington.
Edited: July 8th, 2009
I love these little fellas. Amazing to think that we call came from this once.
Apparently, with global warming, the oceans jellyfish population is set to absolutely explode.
We may well all just end up back where we started.
Edited: July 7th, 2009
I absolutely love coming here and stocking up my freezer and pantry.
It’s the place I head to when I’m running low on pickled yak testicles.
Edited: July 5th, 2009
Some of the works up for auction to help raise funds for my favourite radio station – FBi. 94.5 FM.
For those of you from outside of sydney, or if you just don’t know, it’s a community radio station that plays 50% aussie music, and 50% of that comes from sydney.
i’m a supporter – you should be too 
Check them out and listen to their stream here: www.fbiradio.com
Edited: July 3rd, 2009
Why did it have to be this way? I came home today and found this little fella stiff as a board at the bottom of my aquarium. He seemed so happy just yesterday. What happened?
When I got him, he was only about 5cms long and today he died and was 22cms long. Poor thing. He was such a nice looking fish.
Forget Michael Jackson, today I grieve for my fish
Edited: July 2nd, 2009
Second day of this project and it has gotten to this level of boringness already! I fear what week 2 is going to be like.
Edited: July 1st, 2009
