Matt Godden

human : artist

Bring content into view.

Category : photography

Capturing reflected light on a surface.






planet newtown

It’s often said of newtown residents, their horizons coincide with the suburb’s borders. Taking the new little planet software for a run.


up / stairs

Re-orienting the stairs panorama upwards, reveals even more interesting geometry.


railway pedestrian tunnel stairway

When it comes to panoramas, this is my masterwork so far.

The other end of the Enmore tunnel, it’s a pair of staircases, perpendicular to the tunnel itself, and is the very reason I got into panoramic imagery – to hunt down these filthy run down inner city locations, and find the beauty of their geometry. I’m going to get back into it in a big way in the near future hopefully.


railway pedestrian tunnel

This tunnel is one of the great and interesting locations of Enmore. Said to be haunted (suuuure) it’s almost certainly had its share of muggings and unpleasantness over the years. It’s such an obvious ambush location you can’t help but feel trepidation as you walk through it.

At one stage it was filled with graffiti, really good graffiti that must have been decades old, well before the artless tagging style that arose in the 90s. Much of it actually brushwork. The council in their wisdom decided to destroy that particular bit of local history and repaint it all with a fresh coat of yellow. In the 7 or so years since it’s filled with grafiti again, but it’s all spraycan tagging crap.


newtown at night

The main intersection of Newtown. To the left is King street and the Townie, to the right is Enmore Rd.

This was shot well after midnight on a weeknight, hence the lack of people.