John Twycross

In 1918 he purchased a Thornton-Pickard Westminster quarter plate camera, and set about documenting his life both around Melbourne and on the Mornington Peninsula.

During his career as a banker based in the city of Melbourne he spent his weekends pursuing photography, often accompanied by his young son.

He also photographed the workaday streets of Melbourne, spending his lunch hour capturing the energy of the young and growing city.

Twycross practiced photography with a sense of purpose that alluded to intentions of capturing a rapidly changing period in time.

[25] At McCrae Homestead, a National Trust Property, a permanent exhibit "Visions of Port Phillip" displays his work.

A Melbourne street scene on a business day in 1921 shows the transition from horse and cart to the early motorcar.
Thornton Pickard Camera with Focal Plane Shutter: 1918.
Twycross often photographed his son, who started from a young age to accompany his father on photographic expeditions.
On A windy day, Twycross photographed the yachts he passed from the deck of the ferry, "The Hygeia", bound for Mornington.