Ballarat - Medium Print

Place Portraits are a series that reimagines familiar Australian streetscapes and regional landmarks. 

Each work begins with my original architectural photographs, layered with local botanicals and carefully refined in Photoshop to blur the boundary between photography and illustration, creating images that feel both documentary and dreamlike.  

A sense of yesteryear, quirky details, and unexpected compositions give each portrait a playful character whilst maintaining a strong connection to place. Architecture is decluttered and isolated against soft pastel hued backdrops creating a calm tone that contrasts with the detail of the architecture. 

The final piece is printed on premium textured fine art paper to enhance the effect. Each print has a digital artist signature along the bottom right-hand corner and a white border for framing.

BALLARAT

This city has THE BEST old Australian architectural examples I have visited to date. The main street and its cross street have a long stretch of super impressive buildings extending as far as the eye can see. I was overwhelmed here. My feet were blistered and the camera was flat, and yet I only saw a small section.

Many facades needed a repaint, but they stood proud above modern shopfronts displaying trade names from last century. I must get back there. 

Thank you for collecting my work.