revisiting shoes on a powerline
back to this theme from a previous post 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.
Edited: July 31st, 2009
old ABC-TV site
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
inside deepest suburbia
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. I know this may be an exaggeration, but i imagine that rather than Thriller, it is more likely to be like this.
glad i don’t live around here.
Edited: July 29th, 2009
two lamp posts and a rubbish bin (on a grassy hill)
the title says it all.
*** UPDATE ***
13 Aug 2009
I have re-shot this scene at night – click here to see it
*** ***
Edited: July 27th, 2009
dead roller rink
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
shoes on powerlines
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
yet more guerilla art
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 haven’t see something like this since i was a kid
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
It’s a non-shot. I know
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.
I would love to know if anyone else here has seen these things and if anyone knows whoi is doing it?
My message to the perp is this – “Thank You!” – I hope the Saturday shoppers get your message.
Edited: July 22nd, 2009