Shack by Simon Griffiths

Shack

In Praise of An Australian Icon

by Simon Griffiths

Penguin, 2010, ISBN 9781920989125, colour photographs throughout, colour photographic frontispiece, hardcover, photographic boards

Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, a little staining and crumpling to first ¼ of text block, no inscriptions (see photographs)

“In Australia shacks have become out protest against the brick veneer, the place where we unwind on holiday, the workshop that feeds our soul.  Photographer Simon Griffiths has travelled the countryside, form Jericho in Tasmania to the remote coast of Broome, to bring us images of shacks that are both familiar and exotic.  We meet the shack dwellers – a mix of artists, environmentalists, fishermen, homebuilders and socialites – and experience the pleasure of inhabiting spaces that are at once monuments to self-expression and symbols of old-fashioned common sense.”