+ God's at the Panel Beater ₂₀₁₄

These photographs are from a series of work looking at the emergence of Protestant churches within vernacular architectural types across Perth’s suburban landscape.

The photographs were made as part of my 2015 master of architecture dissertation titled - The architecture of free market religion: God’s at the panel beater, supervised by Philip Goldswain. The research consisted of three parts; a written thesis that was concerned firstly with a historical genealogy, secondly with geographical questions surrounding the appearance of these churches in Perth and thirdly with the implementation, and critique, of ‘documentary’ photography in a sustained research methodology concerning architecture.

The collection of photographs culminated in the creation of a photobook that was used not only as a descriptive device but an analytical tool.

It is part of my continued interest and photographic investment in the suburban landscapes of Perth.