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Through the smoke and haze
By Lauren Farrow
With women huddling over their
children and a young girl peering
through the smoke, it would be easy
to think Michael Corridore was
photographing the end of the world.
But his portrait subjects are
actually having a roaring time.
The Annandale photographer
named his exhibition “Angry Black
Snake” after the moment when a
driver has pushed his car to the limit,
overheated the engine and blown the
radiator hose into the sky through the
burnout smoke.
The spectacle can be found at
custom car showcases like the Spring
Nats in Shepparton, Victoria, where
a participant’s success is based on
showmanship and vehicle personality
rather than speed.
Enraptured by the custom car
subculture from an early age, Corridore
attends the events to capture the
characters behind the wheel.
But after snapping images of
673 darling street Rozelle
Untitled 28 from ‘Angry Black Snake’.
Photograph Michael Corridore, courtesy ACP.
spectators shrouded in smoke, his
subject focus changed — making for
an interesting work environment.
“Afterwards I would blow my nose
for a week and have black stuff coming
out,” Corridore said. “And the problem
was the moments that I was waiting
for only lasted for a few seconds. So
I had to go back there over and over
again for about six years,” he said.
“Angry Black Snake” is at the
Australian Centre of Photography,
257 Oxford St, Paddington. Check
out more of Michael’s work at www.
michaelcorridore.com. Annandale photographer Michael Corridore, a little dusty after a day in the smoke.
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Village Voice Balmain March 19