Unconventional Mushrooms

It’s almost a play on words but I don’t really think it works. Regardless, these mushrooms can be found on the side of the Adelaide Convention Center about half way up the building on the north western corner. I had just arrived for the opening celebrations of AVCON, the Adelaide Anime and Gaming Convention 2017. […]

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Planes, Shades and Geometry

The Adelaide Exhibition and Convention Centre has got a few parts that don’t conform to 90 degree traditions. Where panels become planes, joins become lines and light plays over geometries you could be forgiven for thinking you were in school rather than walking down North Terrace. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Planes, Shades and Geometry’, 1/125s f/7.1 […]

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Giant’s Causeway

The Giant’s Causeway? Of course not but these hexagonal interlocking concrete columns remind me of the basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway on the west coast of Ulster, Northern Ireland. I love seeing architecture with strong ties to geological and natural forms, even if unintended. Mostly these are large civic or commercial structures which have […]

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Waiting

Getting comfortable with taking street images is not coming easy for me. Just the other day I was accosted by a man accusing me of taking photographs of his daughter. Rather than stand my ground I took the easy route of showing him the images I had been taking. No apology was forth coming, just […]

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