This picture of a summer holiday fun fair was made whilst I was on an early morning poodlewalk with Kayla on Australia Day. The Australia day weekend marks the end of the summer school holidays.
Kayla and I were on our river walk that Australia Day morning This walk involves walking along the beach from the mouth of the Inman River on the eastern edge of Kent Reserve to the mouth of the Hindmarsh River on the western edge of Hayborough. I call this walk Between Two Rivers Walk.
The edge of the Victor Harbor township is between the two ephemeral rivers with the Granite Island causeway precinct being a high day tourist area. Only a few boaties, runners and walkers are there around sunrise.
There is no art project associated with this walk, even though my poodlewalks photography is a walking based art--ie., the mode of art making is specific to the experience of going for a walk.
Walking as an artistic medium is a new idea for me. I have just come across the walking artists network. There is a London-based walking /art blog but it seems to have lapsed circa 2014. Interartive is still going though.
However, I have realised that in photographing whilst walking I am participating in a specific artistic experience that positions my walking body in relation to the landscape, objects and the people with whom we inhabit this specific landscape.