Photo of the week by Albion Harrison-Naish

Lens:  John S 

Film:  BlacKeys SuperGrain 

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"Water Children" – Ben Buckler Point Boat Ramp, Bondi Beach. 2013

"Across Australia this summer there were various heat waves, with whole weeks averaging in the high 30 degree Celsius range. On this day it was expected to be in the low 40s, amongst Sydney’s highest on record, and so luckily I was on holidays and had planned to do nothing much that Tuesday. In the morning, I got a call from a wonderful old friend of mine, who lives in Melbourne nowadays. He was in town for a couple of days visiting family, so we sat in the shade of my garden drinking and smoking and talking the time away until the early afternoon sun had passed and we made our way, along with some other mates down to the north end of Bondi Beach.

Bondi is a crescent bay and on the northern side is a large rock shelf, and some small cliffs. It is common to find people jumping into the ocean off the rocks rather than swim at the beach. You are very close to the edge of the bay here, and it’s great to be on the tip of the ocean. Just a smidgen more into the bay is a boat ramp, a slightly more popular entry point. Well this day, not only was the beach packed, but pretty much every available surface, rock, grass, concrete or otherwise, was full of crowds of people staying as close to the water as possible. In and out. In and out, all day, afternoon, evening and night. It was quite the scene. On a workday, all types were down there, dozens of dogs and it was almost a carnival atmosphere. I must admit, I was too engrossed in the day and the friends to really think about taking any photos. But just before we were thinking of heading up the pub and returning to our drinking, I rummaged in my pile of bits and bobs, retrieved my phone and had a quick wander and snap. This one is of the boat ramp, and was the group of people sitting next to us. Despite appearances, they were unaware of me taking this pic, as I was holding the phone to me tummy. I take a lot of my candids from the hip or chest."
Albion Harrison-Naish

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