When I approached Sam about contributing to Spatial Studies, he was photographing rugs on the lawn of his family home for his business, Teak Daddy. We expanded on this idea of place, taking a series of photographs in Princes Park in Carlton North and displaying an interior object in a public space.

Taking a landscape photograph means defining a frame, more so than in an interior context, and here the rug defined an area of the park in a similar way to how a rug would define a room. In some images, the rug is hanging, as it might be if you were beating the dust out of it with a broom.

The home and neighbourhood are linked through continuous transitions of habit and movement. What began as a practical question of where to photograph these large rugs, given Sam now only had an apartment in which to do so, became an opportunity to explore this idea.

Sam regularly publishes antique rugs for sale on his Instagram account, and you can also follow his Marketplace profile to be notified of new listings.