One Subiaco Apartments

Morals are a personal thing.

​Particularly in the first 3/4 of 2021, I had no fear and I did a lot of crazy shit to try and feel alive. It never really worked.

It was the year when we were locked down for COVID and the usual BS doom and gloom contaminated our social pages and media sources. I wanted to show people a new view of Perth or even some kind of beauty (particularly in the EQ sites). Even the most seemingly boring places like construction sites could actually be fascinating and there's always a new way of looking at things.

Those who've followed my work for some time would be fully aware of my love of night photos, what with its textures, colours, shadows and light. Daylight doesn't capture that. Daylight hours are filled with people and at my lowest, I was more than happy to avoid people at all cost. I tend to still do this.

As always, documenting any and all sites is what fuels me with strong emotions, which is where morals come in as a personal thing.

There are wrongs and very few rights, especially when trespassing is concerned. Whilst I list the reasons for my actions, they are not excuses (a legal justification for a wrongdoing in an attempt to lessen the blame), hence why I do NOT rely on my reasons as excuses.

​Whilst I hope that these photos and that of my other construction sites (or any location contentiously photographed) do not encourage others to take risks, I hope people will consciously begin taking photos of any and all possible buildings and infrastructure, regardless if they are not set for demolition or any impending changes.

The One Subiaco construction site was the main reason why I pretty much stopped taking photos from inside construction sites, or at least to the same degree. One of the contractors gave me a job to stop, where I stayed for just under two years.

One cool thing was that if security guards, developers or constructor workers knew I'd been on their site, they knew that none of their property had been damaged, stolen or moved. That respect was important to me, considering it was bad enough what I was doing.

I met the Multiplex bosses of the One Subiaco site over time working in my construction position and they were pretty cool. I certainly had a lot of respect for them and it was never my intention to piss them off.

Still... a lot of people will probably have negative feelings upon seeing these photos and there's nothing I can do to change that.