February 2016
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
XB Faclon 500 coupe John Goss special 1975
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Australian vernacular
Hats off to my photographer friend Andrew Follows for a stunning set of Australian automobile photographs.
These photographs, taken during daylight at the BP station before the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne, and at twilight on the opposite side of the freeway at the corresponding BP station after the cars have returned from their drive to Frankston, are superb.
Andrew and I have an intense passion for cars. Only through this true immersion and engagement can you get photographs that are so evocative of subject matter, that are so atmospheric of place, space and the cars themselves. These are some of the best car photographs I have seen in a very long time… a kind of Australian vehicular vernacular.
I have sequenced these photographs for Andrew so that they tell a story, a modernist story of light, form and design, interspersed with vibrations of energy (punctum) such as Buick 1956 or XA Ford Faclon coupe GT 1974 Faze 4. Look at the crack in the concrete of this image as it leads into the car which both crouches down and seems to float in the air. Then just look at the clean presence of XB Faclon 500 coupe John Goss special 1975 or the space and light in the image VE Valiant sedan with red Ford pick up truck. God I love them…
To then finish the sequence with that classic Aussie car, HDT Holden LH Torana L34 1978, captured in such an eloquent image of movement and light. Just sensational.
Andrew, you could make a living taking photographs of car art!
Marcus
** Please make sure you enlarge these images to see them to best advantage. **
Many thankx to Andrew Follows for allowing me to publish the photographs in the posting. Please click on the photographs for a larger version of the image. All images © Andrew Follows 2016.
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
Ford Falcon S Pack 1982
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
HQ Holden Monaro GTS 1972
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
VH Holden Commodore SL/E 1983
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
Ford XY Fairmont 1969
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
XW GT Ford Falcon 1968
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
HK Holden Monaro GTS 127ci
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
Cadillac Coupe de Ville 1965
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
Ford Mustang Fastback 1966
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
Ford Mustang 302 Boss 1970
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
Ford Mustang 2 door hardtop
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
Buick 1956
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
Black Ford pick up truck
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
VE Valiant sedan with red Ford pick up truck
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
VF Valiant coupe 1969
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
VF Valiant coupe 1969
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
XA Ford Faclon coupe GT 1974 Faze 4
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
HQ Holden Kingswood wagon 1972
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
VK Chrysler Valiant 1976
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Andrew Follows (Australian, d. 2019)
HDT Holden LH Torana L34 1978
2016
From the series Carmania
Digital photograph
Art Blart _ art and cultural memory archive 
You must be logged in to post a comment.