“The design company LOUD want to have a meeting with you.” said Dominic, the guy who had helped secure the funding for my flights to Australia. I was there for a couple of weeks photographing the two drug consumption rooms, but when the guy who has helped to get you there asks if you’ll take a meeting… you say yes, anything else would just be rude.
At the meeting it became clear that the creative team liked my work, Wellison from LOUD told me they wanted to exhibit my work. Which was a surprise, then he said the original plan was to hold the event at Sydney Opera House. Which if it had happened I guarantee would have caused me to think “this is some bloody elaborate prank, to fly me 10,000 miles then play a prank like this is just cruel”. But this wasn’t a prank, this was happening. I was shown sketches, chatted about possible photos, nudged towards 100% black and white (fine by me), then a couple of days later taken to look at the space… the huge, gorgeous space.
