When I was living in Adelaide’s CBD I did some large format photography in the parklands using old the Cambo 5×7 S3 monorail. The photos were mostly of the Morton Bay Figs (Ficus macrophylla,) and their tree roots.

These photos were akin to a practice or a learning curve before I started photographing the urban world in the CBD with the large format camera. The Morton Bay figs — large evergreen banyan trees — were a good subject: they were graphic and easily accessible given that I was using an old and heavy Linhof pro tripod with the Cambo monorail.