This is another of the early large format urban photos that I did whilst we were living in the CBD of Adelaide. It was made around the same time ( 2013-14) as this one, and it was from the same Rundle St car Park in Adelaide's east end as this photo. I spent a lot of time looking at the city's urban textures from the top floors of various car parks.
At the time I was interested in the new architecture emerging out of the old. A provincial city in transition was the idea that informed the urban large format and I had a sense that I could photograph urban history in the architecture.
Some of those 19th century buildings in the photo, such as the Gerard and Goodman building, have since been demolished to be replaced by apartment towers. The CBD has changed a lot in the last decade with the 19th century city slowly disappearing.
I'd only just started making large format urban photos then we left the CBD for the coast I have thought returning to this site and re-photographing the changes, now that I have figured out how to do large format photography in the CBD whilst living on the coast in Victor Harbor. However, this may no longer be possible as I have a vague memory that the open edge of the Rundle St car park, which allowed me to use a large format monorail camera, has since been closed off with wire netting for safety reasons. I'll need to check.