Colour Infra Red Photographs

Melbourne Victoria Australia 1977

Colour Infra Red Photographs taken from the top of the Collins Place building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Late 1977

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Domain Gardens in Infra Red from the top of the Collins Place building in Melbourne, Australia. Myer Music Bowl on the left, St. Kilda Rd and Art Center on the right. I'd love to see the view today. 1977 to 2009.

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The Art Center on the left and the spire under construction in 1977, St. Kilda Rd. crosses the Yarra and passes Flinders Street Station. South Melbourne and St. Kilda in the background.

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Melbournce city, Flinders St Station, the Yarra, South Melbourne, and the bay beyond, old Gas and Fuel building at bottom left, all in one view. It was the highest building at the time.



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The view along Collins Street Melbourne in 1977 from the top of the Collins Place building.

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The Exhibition Buildings and gardens. The place where I was standing hadn't been there for very long.

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Peering over the side at the top of the Collins Place building toward the bottom of the Naru House building.

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Small red areas of life detected amongst the stoney concrete.

These Infra Red photographs were taken from the top of the Collins Place building in late 1977 during construction and just prior to completion.
For permission to use these images.
please contact, vk3ukf@hotmail.com

The film used was Kodak 35mm Colour Infra Red Film, and the filter used was an No. 89A Orange gelatin type with a gerry rigged holder.

All images copyright Kevin Forbes, 1977.


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