by Jeremiah Gilbert

It’s my last full day in Melbourne. I spend the morning exploring the city, but then the rain begins. I seek shelter in Queen Victoria Market, but the rain persists. I decide to catch a bus back to my hotel. I have an early flight home in the morning and haven’t packed yet. On the way back, I notice the raindrops accumulating on the bus window while the world outside becomes wetter. I take out my camera, setting it to manual focus, and see what sort of abstractions I can create each time the bus stops. It’s a world of angles and figures, umbrellas and raincoats. 

Jeremiah Gilbert is an award-winning photographer and travel writer based out of Southern California. His travels have taken him to over a hundred countries and territories spread across six continents. His photography has been published internationally and exhibited worldwide. He is the author of three travel books, including Can’t Get Here from There: Fifty Tales of Travel and From Tibet to Egypt: Early Travels After a Late Start. His most recent, On to Plan C: A Return to Travel, documents his journeys in a post-pandemic world and is the first to include his photography. He can be found on Instagram @jg_travels. 

SLAG GLASS CITY · Volume 11 · June 2025
Header image by Jeremiah Gilbert

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