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~ Confucius.  This one’s for my dad.  He has a thing for stop signs and no stopping signs that exist in the same frame.

The Port of Oakland.

– Franklin Jones

Picked up the print on the right down the road in Woollahra for $15 from a garage sale.  All it has written on it is “Chile, 1998” and “Crawford.”  The chair is from the same place.

I just stalked the photographer who created it, John Crawford

Part of a new series I’m undertaking on how the harbour shore is used.  I’m trying to move away from Robert Capa’s idea of “if the image isn’t good enough, you’re not close enough,” as I think I’ve been missing out on some context with my subjects recently.

Cobbity, NSW

Over the past few months we’ve seen more and more vacancies amongst the local retailers.  Our end of Oxford street has become populated with For Lease signs and there are fewer new shops opening up in the area.  The local realtors and landlords seem to be ignoring the fact that nobody can afford the exorbitant rents being charged in our area.

After months of watching this cycle of rents being raised, tenants moving out, new tenants moving in, rents being raised, tenants moving out, and so on we’ve finally lost one of the businesses the community loved and relied on.

Goodbye Greg, you’ll be missed, as will the best coffee in the Eastern Suburbs.

My last Kerb Coffee.

I did a little commercial work in Austral, found it interesting, so I’ve been back a couple times. Here are some shots from yesterday. Felt like a bit of a calm before the storm.