Russh
Inside the Quiet - Ryan Brabazon's intimate return to the Sydney Swans
Jun 2025
For this editorial feature in Russh, photographer Ryan Brabazon captures the Sydney Swans in a series of candid, behind-the-scenes moments. Titled Inside the Quiet, the project moves away from the high-energy spectacle of professional Australian rules football to focus on the human and meditative aspects of the sport. Brabazon employs an authentic documentary style, utilizing analogue film to frame his subjects. The imagery leans into gritty textures and the deliberate aesthetics of film photography, including visible sprocket holes and technical camera metadata on the borders. By maintaining natural, ambient lighting and a raw, unpolished tone, the work highlights the quiet intensity, recovery, and focus of the athletes within locker rooms, training facilities, and stadium tunnels.
Documentary, Vertical, Monochrome
Analogue / film
Editorial
