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The Photography of Jon Rendell

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"Architectural Fragment" by sculptor Petrus Spronk, 1992, outside the State Library of Victoria

 

 

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Turret of the Forum Theatre (Moorish Revival, 1929) as seen through the "cranked" geometries of Federation Square's architecture (2002)

 

 

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Coffee Culture

 

 

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Melbourne Central Shopping Mall preserved an old shot tower (1889) in the CBD. 
In a shot tower, lead is heated until molten, then dropped through a copper sieve high in the tower. The liquid lead forms tiny spherical balls by surface tension, and solidifies as it falls. The partially cooled balls are caught at the floor of the tower in a water-filled basin. The shot was primarily used for shotgun cartridges. The historic building was saved from demolition in 1973 and was incorporated into Melbourne Central shopping complex in 1991 underneath a conical glass roof.

 

 

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Distinctive lights above Centre Place off Flinders Lane, viewed from Lustre Bar

 

 

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Melbourne has over 40 laneways and arcades, home to a broad range of stores and eateries.

 

 

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A punt ride through Melbourne's grand Botanic Gardens

 

 

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The Arts Centre Spire juxtaposed with another view of Federation Square's geometric facade.

 

 

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Fashion label 'ALPHA60' takes its name from Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 sci-classic Alphaville. Goddard's face looms large at the back of its Flinders Lane store beside St Paul's Cathedral.

 

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Jon Rendell was born into an auteur/photog family in Melbourne, Australia, in 1957, He grew up around cameras and film. He honed his craft under renowned photographer Athol Shmith at what is now Swinburne University (Prahran Campus, Melbourne). He was always captivated by shadows and finds himself hard-wired to focusing on the transitory, abstract shapes that come and go with the available light. For more of his photography in Scene4, check the Archives.

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