There was some reluctance driving away from Inside Imaging HQ on Sunday to visit Melbourne's Photo 2021. For the last taste of summer, the weather gods delivered an uncharacteristically balmy day with Victoria's west coast looking pristine and delivering up a glassy two-metre-plus swell.
But there was a job to do, an enjoyable task that's not ordinarily onerous: attend a photo festival and leave with enough ideas and insight to provide a decent review. This turned out to be almost unachievable.