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Neopeasant subsistence (a photo essay by Max Roux)

 

Last week we hosted a share house of five goodly youngtimers from the burbs of the city south of here. Max Roux was one of them. Max slung his camera over his shoulder as we forested, farmed, gardened, creeked, salvaged, ate, played, loved and listened to one another. This post is from the fruits of that connection and Max’s sleeves-rolled-up documentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can see more of Max’s work here.

32 comments

  1. Belinda says:

    Wow! What amazing photos! Looks like all had a wonderful and productive learning experience ❤️

    How do you use your pickled sun chokes, and do you blanch them or any5ing before bottling into the brine? I have a heap to preserve and eat, and the family are sick of the usual ways – this bottling looks amazing.

    Belinda x

    1. Thanks Belinda,
      You can follow our recipe here.

  2. Toadfish Catie says:

    These photos are so rich, but no more than your reality.
    A FEAST xxx

    1. Aw, thanks Toadfish Catie!

  3. Kevin says:

    Great series of photos

  4. Vee says:

    wow. i am a fellow photographer and this is a gorgeous essay. beautiful work – the photographer and the subjects!

  5. Penny says:

    Rich, beautiful and interesting story told in pics, thank you Max!

  6. Gorgeous images! Thank you!

  7. Jess says:

    Thank you Max and friends, beautiful.

  8. Gerda Stacey says:

    Absolute beautiful!! Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos with us.

  9. Christiane Rostek says:

    Amazing folk ~ Amazing photos ♥️💚💙💛🩵🧡

    1. Thanks Christiane!

  10. Rachel says:

    What a great day out! Recycling, frugalling, community effort, Lots of smiling faces, lovely lovely!

    1. Thanks Rachel! It was actually a week we spent together. Volunteers come for 7 days, typically. It’s effectively a neopeasant rites of passage.

  11. Good subject to photograph…

  12. Beautiful, soulful photographs. Loved each one. Max has a talent for capturing SOULS!

    I’ve been holed up indoors recovering from a yucky dental procedure and these photos lifted my mood and had me itching to get into my garden…I just wrapped up in woollies and spent an hour doing some gentle harvesting: bok choy, parsley, leeks, silverbeet, celery…now to put some of that into a soup pot. Medicine for all of my being…thanks for helping me get out of my piteous state and out into the soil. x

    1. Sounds like a healing, soulful soup, Helen. Delish!

  13. Dianne Corston says:

    What a fabulous visual narrative of your home, your family, your community, your nourishment. Absolutely stunning photos.

    1. Hello Dianne! Yes, aren’t they.

  14. Laurel Freeland says:

    What a magnificent exhibition. So good to see young people from the burbs. Love to you all

    1. Thanks Laurel, love to you too, hopefully getting this rain xx

  15. Ali says:

    A rich life in beautiful photographs! Just delightful. x

  16. Richard says:

    Stunning shots! Good to see a healthy feijoa haul too, our five young bushes produced this year for the first time. Exciting! I’ve been spending a lot of time sanding our old windows lately, it’s not pleasant work. If you’re ok with a rustic finish, I’ve found that a metal buffing disk on a grinder makes short work of it! Also really enjoyed your other recent posts. I’d love to come and meet you all one day if I get a chance to cross the ditch again. If you all ever get the chance to do so, you’d be most welcome to come and share your knowledge at our place for a while! Also – I’ve (finally) completed the preservation of the film linked below – I think you’d love it. Hopefully I get the opportunity to return it to its people and place over there.

    1. Hi Richard, thanks for the tip, and the link. We look forward to checking it out.

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