Fitzroy 1974

Fitzroy 1974 revisits Robert Ashton’s landmark photographic record of Melbourne’s Fitzroy during a period of profound social and cultural change. Combining evocative black-and-white photography with writing from local creatives and new material edited by Gregory Day, the book captures the suburb’s streets, communities and emerging creative identity fifty years on.

Author: Robert Ashton

Robert Ashton is an Australian photographer whose work has documented Melbourne’s people, streets and changing urban communities, with his 1970s Fitzroy photographs providing an important visual record of the era.

Product Features

• Size: 29.5 × 24 cm

• Material: Printed paper with hardback cover

• ISBN: 9781743799413

• 184 pages; Publisher: Hardie Grant Books

Fun Fact: Fitzroy became Melbourne’s first suburb when it was officially created as a municipality separate from the City of Melbourne in 1858.