Trolley Dolly, Series No.1 is a narrative fine art photography series by Australian fine art photographer Raymond Mather, created for ART1 Fine Art Photography. The collection explores hidden homelessness and overlooked lives within contemporary Australia.
Inspired by six abandoned dolls sourced from op-shops and paired with symbolic objects, the series reflects on displacement, invisibility, and quiet resilience, particularly among women and children.
Drawing on the numerological significance of the number six, associated with care, protection, and the maternal, the works contrast these symbolic meanings with the unsettling reality that those most affected by homelessness are often unseen in public life, despite profound personal impact.
Blending documentary insight with pop surrealism, the photographs are staged in laneways, back alleys, and urban margins. These spaces become silent witnesses to stories rarely acknowledged, inviting viewers to pause and reconsider who is overlooked, and what care truly means within a fractured society.
Developed in response to a community-devised exhibition context, the series was first presented at Proudfoots Loading Dock Gallery, Murwillumbah, in 2019.
Trolley Dolly is not illustrative or decorative. It is a reflective body of work intended for collectors, institutions, and spaces where art is invited to ask questions rather than provide easy answers.
All artworks are professionally produced on museum-grade archival fine art paper and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Limited edition 50.
Other Narrative Works:
Fairground Carnival Lights
Trolley Dolly Series No.2
Urban Commute Series No.1 + No.2
ART1 Journal
Trolley Dolly documentation and historical material from the original exhibition can be viewed in the ART1 Archive Selected Credits.
