Traffic Cameras: Photography paid for by your tax

In an era where content is king and everyone’s looking for the next creative way to capture their image, we’ve found the ultimate free photographer—one that never misses a shot, works 24/7, and is already funded by our taxes: traffic cameras.

These silent observers, scattered across highways and intersections, weren’t designed to be artistic, but they document us better than most hired professionals. They capture motion, blur, grit, and raw authenticity—no posing, no retakes, just life as it happens. And while these photos come at no upfront cost, they aren’t exactly cheap. With nearly 30% of our income feeding into public services like this, we’re all unknowingly financing a photography service we rarely use—until now.

For our "Work Where" collection teaser, we turned the lens back on itself, using traffic cameras to document us in our ute, caught in transit, in motion, in the middle of the work. It’s a reminder that the best shots aren’t always planned—and that sometimes, the system you pay for might as well work for you.