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Hideaki SakuraiGUEST (VIC)I work to capture““art and beauty”in the ordinaryscenes around us.Often many peopledo not notice them.I want to findunnoticed perspectives, whichtouch a person’s senses, innatural scenery, objects and/or people occurring in themoment.When I travelled in Prague,Czech Republic in 2007,I found this wall, calledLennon Wall. The wall is fullof colourful graffiti. An oldpump stands in front of thewall. I wanted to capturethe contrast of the sense ofhistory; to document andshow the story of this scene.An Old Pump and the Lennon Wall in PraguePhotography (giclee print), 43cm x 53cm, 2007$300Hideaki was born in Japan and moved to Melbourne, Australia in 1999. He previously worked as a secondaryschool teacher. In 2008, after finishing a photography course at PSC (Photography Studies College), he movedto Annapolis, MD, USA and tried to start a new career as a photographer. While selected for a number of juriedphotography/art competitions and shown in the group exhibitions, he found it was difficult to break into thisindustry and now continues to do tutoring and emergency teaching for schools. He is still working on creatingand developing his own personal style of photography.URBAN CREATURES 37