Green On Green captures an ordinary, overlooked scene in the Australian rural landscape: green shipping containers sitting in a field of grass beneath an expansive blue sky.
I am drawn to moments where evidence of human activity quietly interrupts the landscape. The containers are functional objects, but removed from their usual industrial context they become ambiguous. Their purpose is unclear, inviting questions about what they contain, where they have come from, and why they are there. In this way, a simple rural scene begins to suggest a story.
My photographic practice is concerned with observing these understated interactions between humans and the environment. I often explore the edges of country towns, looking for places where agricultural, industrial and natural landscapes meet. These transitional spaces can reveal unexpected moments of beauty or mystery.
I am particularly interested in scenes that feel cinematic—images that appear to be part of a larger story but leave the viewer to imagine what happened before or what might happen next. Green On Green is deliberately quiet and minimal, allowing colour, form and space to carry the image.
The repetition of green creates an almost abstract quality, while the blue sky provides a simple counterpoint. This restraint reflects my interest in minimalism in both music and visual art, where small gestures and subtle relationships can become meaningful.
For me, the photograph sits somewhere between observation and fiction: a real place, encountered by chance, but transformed through framing into something slightly strange, poetic and unresolved.
Jared Underwood is a musician, composer and photographer based in Sydney, Australia. Working across sound and image, his practice is united by a strong sense of rhythm, atmosphere and narrative.
As a drummer, Jared has toured extensively throughout Australia, performing with artists including CODA, PROP, Grafton Primary, Jenny Morris and The Whitlams. His performance career has taken him to stages across the country, including the Sydney Opera House.
Alongside live performance, Jared composes music for video games, with credits including One More Line, Thumb Drift and RISK. His compositions are recognised for their energy, texture and cinematic sensibility.
As a photographer, Jared works as a live music photographer, capturing contemporary artists in performance. He was a photography finalist in the National Emerging Art Prize 2025, with his selected work exhibited at the Sydney Botanical Gardens Gallery.
His personal photographic practice centres on street photography and the landscapes of outback and regional Australia. Drawn to both city streets and quiet country towns, he seeks out overlooked scenes and subtle moments that suggest atmosphere and narrative. Through careful framing and observation, his images invite viewers to pause, look closer, and interpret their own stories within the frame.
