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The Hackney Mole Man

William Lyttle the mole man

Lyttle arrived in London from his home country of Ireland in the mid-sixties when he inherited 121 Mortimer Road in the London borough of Hackney from his parents. Records show Lyttle’s occupation listed as civil engineer but no evidence exists that he was qualified or ever had a career in civil engineering.

Lyttle excavated an extensive network of tunnels under his property and surrounding public and private land from the 1960’s to 2000’s. Rather than being a recluse, Lyttle was described as a rather chatty, eccentric, energetic character who would often be seen at local scrap yards and markets.

The Salt Lakes Project

Peter MacDonald began photographing Lake Eyre in the year 2000 in a cycle of drought.
In 2010, when the rains came, he recorded the miraculous explosion of life as the Salt Lakes basin filled.
In 2013 he flew over the Lakes at 10,000 feet. Through the open door of a light aircraft, Peter photographed perfectly delineated abstracts desert-scapes, formed where surfaces meet – the dry salt bed, brackish salt water, fresh rain flooding in from the creeks and the muddy edges of the dunes.
In 2014 and 2015 Peter continued his project, photographing nearby Lake Frome, at that time filled with pure rainwater. He recorded brilliant and liquid colours, an artist’s palette mixed from the elements of life.
This exhibition features Peter’s recent works, alive with extraordinary colours and fluid forms rarely seen.
Peter has lived in the Flinders Ranges for over 20 years. He is a pilot and a master photographer. Over the past 20 years Peter has explored areas of the far-north rarely seen by others.