F. Gonçalves

Australia

7 photographs. 2025

The State Library in Melbourne, then Western Australia in December: red sand roads, a sky full of stars and the seagrass shallows of Shark Bay seen from the air. Shark Bay is a World Heritage site for that seagrass, and from above you can see why.

  1. Looking down into the octagonal La Trobe Reading Room from an upper gallery, a globe lamp in the foreground and desks radiating out below.

    01 La Trobe Reading Room, State Library Victoria, Melbourne. 2025

  2. The Milky Way arcs across a black sky full of stars above the silhouette of low bush, with a faint orange glow on the horizon.

    02 Milky Way, Western Australia. 2025

  3. A straight two-lane road runs to the horizon between low scrub and red sand dunes, the white centre line leading up from the foreground.

    03 The Road North, Shark Bay. 2025

  4. Aerial view of a curving white beach between turquoise shallow water and red scrubland, with a pale bay and a small town on the horizon.

    04 Shark Bay from Above, Shark Bay. 2025

  5. Aerial view straight down on a curve of pale pink sand meeting clear green water with dark patches of seagrass.

    05 Seagrass, Shark Bay. 2025

  6. Looking straight down on a pale sand track and grey-green scrub meeting shallow green water full of dark seagrass.

    06 Shoreline, Shark Bay. 2025

  7. The sun sets behind a low line of trees across a field of dry golden grass, with a tall eucalyptus on the right edge.

    07 Sunset in the Field, Western Australia. 2025