Swanston from SouthBank; Melbourne Crowd during the final minutes of 2006

Harry

Johnny

Stars on Bourke St.

St. francis church

View from my living area on the morning of Christmas

Hail on a summer Christmas day 2006

Melbourne public transport

parkville suburb residential area

Grolsch & San Miguel; Choice is an illusion that leads those who believe it to feel freedom

untitled; a view from my kitchen at Curran

untitled; a view of dandenongs

Untitled; trekking along Mt. Dandenong

"Through naked eyes"; how convenient having a view instead of a mirror while

brushing teeth in the morning.

untitled- docklands & the bolte bridge

"Save the tarkine"- an abandoned building along the west end of Lonsdale st. harrased by enviromentalist protesting to the logging of the Tarkine. The Tarkine is the second largest cool temperature rainforest in the southern hemisphere(situated in Tasmania) that was opened to logging by the Tasmanian Bacon government back in 2003.

Market Street; The site currently occupied by world's largest insurance company,
AXA; was formerly the first official fresh food & vegetables market, the Western
Market in Melbourne.

"Coke, chips & soccer"; Globalization has come a long way to change so much of the way our lifestyle is today. Photograph courtesy of Ying Chee, Lo.

Untitled- Intersection of Sydney rd. & Moreland rd., a district 20 minutes north of Melbourne populated by ageing Italians, Greeks, Lebanese and others of middle eastern descent.

"weathered"; Jim works as a radiology orderly at the John Fawkner Hospital. (He transports patients back and forth between their wards and the radiology department). And at anytime, he can get up to 6 calls simutaneously, each seperate department within radiology requesting that their patients be brought down immediately. The Job is nuts! Radiographers think they have it tough, I would't survive a monday hour in Jim's shoes. But time after time he greets us with a cheery smile and playfull remarks. One weekend, during a group cycling trip, I had the chance to catch up with Jim to get to know him better. He's married and feeds a family of 7 including his wife and himself being an orderly among other side jobs. Yet I've never seen him once without a smile, or hear a word of complaint. After all the cycling we stoped to take a break and Jim tells me all about his intrest in martial arts, gives me a rundown on the history of Tai Chi among others, one in particular Chen Fah- A training in martial arts that likens to what you would see in the movie Fightclub. Along the course he tells of his enjoyment in cycling and current interest in fitness training and so forth.
You can tell the man lives a hard life, yet he has all the initiative of finding a means to carry him through all of it. Shouldn't we all be a little more like Jim.
-Jim and his modified bike; cable trigerred disc breaks

"her hidden world"- I've always had a special admiration for musically inclined people. They bring a certain joy to the day that is unique from everything else. How I wish I wasn't so tone-deaf; then I'd be able to appreciate it even more!

"obsession"- Photographer pundit at work.

session

"Session worthy people"; A select group of people who's devout interest are
to looking cool;thus attracting attractive females expand, improve and redefine the art of subterfuge

"Session"; The act of wasting time exchanging ideas pertaining to the art of looking cool subterfuge and misdirection

Today, the attendee's consisted of Yao( full time flourisher), Simon ( Magic instructor at the CAE), Wayne & Henry (Taiwanese magicians), Eric ( Bizzare magic specialist), Vyom (Winner of ASM-Australian Society of Magicians entry competition), YC (Expert Gaffer), and me of course (creator of the Julius Vanish and photographer pundit).

Dirty window- Mid-day in late spring, Where I currently reside, Jeffcott st in West Melbourne.

"gymnology"- part I.

an introduction

Welcome to Monofarben, a collection of black & white photographs taken of people and places from around Melbourne, Australia.