Get a taste of life in Australia’s remotest rural communities
First published on . Updated on 8 Feb 2012.
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A camera, an old Honda Civic and five road trips covering 4000 kilometres might be all you really need to tell a story. Visiting forgotten communities in rural towns, photographer Simon Hewson explores the dusty history of lonely towns through his new photo exhibition Shadowed By A Roadside.
It’s an exhibition of faded signs, old painted murals, empty storefronts that goes deep into the quietest parts of New South Wales. “I don’t really have anything set in my head,” says Hewson. “I have a little list of random things, a treasure hunt if you like. This helps me get my eye tuned in and from there I just shoot whatever moves me.”
And that’s the thing about his photographs – It’s almost as if you can see exactly how his eyes have fallen onto the sidewalk crack or the discarded item of clothing on a dirt track.
“I always try to shoot as honestly as I can. These areas may be thriving or may be struggling,” he says. “It was my goal to capture towns that may be in a state of flux, be it looking for identity or trying to hold onto something that is no longer there.
“I wanted to capture and, in my own way, preserve these proud communities, the lonely shops, the overlooked details, and the simplicity of life.”
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