1960s Melbourne Street Scene with Brutalist Architecture and Substation Fence at Dusk in in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

1960s Melbourne Street Scene with Brutalist Architecture and Substation Fence at Dusk

by Theresa Fields

A high-fashion photograph from the 1960s shows a Melbourne street corner as evening sets in. The scene is dominated by the heavy concrete lines of a brutalist university building, its stark geometry against the softening city lights beginning to glow in the distance. In the foreground, a chain-link substation fence, beaded with evening dew, runs parallel to the sidewalk, its warning placards slightly rusted. A woman in a tailored 1960s coat walks past, her silhouette sharp against the urban backdrop. The texture of the concrete and the metallic sheen of the fence provide a gritty, realistic contrast to the emerging twilight, at the base of the high-fashion aesthetic in the tangible, lived-in environment of Victoria.

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1960s Street Scene Melbourne Australia in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia as city lights 1960s Street Street Scene 1960s
Camera Nikon F6*AI-imagined, not shot. For real Nikon F6 photos, grab one online.
Lens 50mm f/1.4
Focal Length 50mm
Aperture f/1.4
Shutter Speed 1/250
ISO 400
Film Fuji Velvia 50 colors
Location in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date 2016-01-02
Credit VEETER
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