People keep asking, now that the 52 Suburbs ATW exhibition and book are underway, what am I going to do next?

While I am keen to do another project (I like projects, can you tell?) I’m enjoying being de-focused for the moment – as well as working on other people’s projects and earning some of the folding stuff.

A few weekends ago, for example, I was commissioned by a client to capture life in Surry Hills.

Do you remember my blog post about this inner-city Sydney suburb from my first 52 Suburbs project three years ago?

Back then I was amazed how much it had changed from when I used to hang out there as a 20-something (the Hopetoun etc).

But this time around I didn’t expect it to have changed much in the last three years – but it has.

Despite the change, however, it remains one of the more interesting corners of Sydney.

I wandered around, happily snapping away, doing my job – not talking to anyone much but having a lovely time imagining what was going on inside their minds.

Here are some of the images – and just for fun I’ve added the possible thoughts of the subjects therein…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally, a last thought from me…

 

 

 

 

 

I’d love to hear your thoughts about the place – and any other thoughts you’re keen to share on this almost-wintry sunny Sydney afternoon.

 

If you pre-ordered a 52 Suburbs Around the World book… YOU DID IT!! The book just reached its goal!

IT WILL BE PUBLISHED!!

Thank you so much for supporting this self-publishing adventure. It means the world to me, literally.

I have been checking my Pozible page ridiculously often over the last two weeks. And today, when we were 88% of the way there but with only 72 hours to go, I had to wonder, would we get there.

So I went grocery shopping – and between aisles 3 and 4, checked my phone for any update – and there it was. A largish pre-order by Rogerseller, one of my lovely sponsors, took it from 88% to just over 100%!

So to every single one of the 180 supporters of this two week campaign to bring a project from digital to printed life, you absolutely ROCKKKKKKKK!!!!!

Seriously I can’t thank you enough. Well, that’s not true – hopefully when you sit down with your signed copy of 52 Suburbs Around the World in a few months time, that will be my way of thanking you.

A quick note to anyone who paid by Paypal: After the amazing news I got another email from Pozible telling me for some reason Paypal have restricted my account. I just set it up and apparently they need more information about my identity. It’ll take three days to clear so if you’re wondering why you haven’t got an email from Pozible saying your Paypal account has been debited, that’s why. It’ll happen next week.