From the photographer behind the bestselling Westography.
Warren Kirk has been a documentary photographer for 40 years. His previous books are the acclaimed Westography, Suburbia, and Northside.
`It’s a nostalgia-soaked coffee table book ... A time capsule.’
—Smith Journal
`Kirk’s imagery is strikingly evocative, at times achingly
nostalgic, and at others unexpected and strange as he moves between
’50s-era kitchens in Ringwood, hair salons in Murrumbeena,
elaborate Brunswick backyards and empty grocery stores in
Northcote. It’s a beautiful and stoic collection of time-weathered
workplaces, cars and faces; a study in forgotten typography; and a
chronicle of buildings that gentrification forgot – or just hasn’t
discovered yet.’ —Ellen Fraser, Broadsheet Melbourne
`Warren Kirk's photos will strike a chord with anyone who's grown
up in the Australian suburbs in the past 50 years … Taken with
loving attention and considerable skill, and with the utmost
respect for the people and places that appear in them, Kirk's
photos of shops and houses, of gardens and lounge-rooms, of people
surrounded by the things they love, are evocative and nostalgic.’
—Australian Photography
`I was instantly in awe of his ability to distil oft overlooked
scenes of our vast city. These vignettes of life in the `burbs
illicit a distinct sense of nostalgia.’ —The Design Files
`Part archivist, part archaeologist, Kirk is motivated by a desire
to bring hidden beauty to the fore and, in doing so, stop it from
being lost forever.’ ABC
`From the dingy Chinese takeaway, the quirkily clipped hedges and
formica tables, to the cluttered speciality stores and faded
weatherboard, Kirk’s photographs are so vivid you can practically
smell the fried food, lawn clippings and motel-room mustiness
wafting off the page.’ Sally Pryor, The Canberra Times
`In Suburbia, antiquated barbershops and vacant shopfronts rub up
against the kitsch and the colourful in a collection that invites
the eye to drift through suburbs from all points of the Melbourne
compass.’ —Star Weekly
Praise for Westography:
`[A]n impressive body of work documenting the fading Australian
suburbs and businesses.’ —The Island Continent
Praise for Westography:
`Where the philosopher Diogenes walked with dogs at his feet in
search of an honest man, Kirk is looking for people who are on the
verge of disappearing.’ —The Age
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