DFS Galleria is the world's largest and busiest duty free chain. When it came time to update the photographs of their stores they needed someone discreet enough not to disrupt business, which is virtually 24/7. Robert Edwards was commissioned for the Australian department stores.

 

The main Australian DFS stores are along the east coast. For the third time in as many weeks Robert found himself preparing for photography in Far North Queensland, as well as the Gold Coast and Sydney.

 

Photography had to be well organised and executed, so as not to disturb customers. Locations and angles were decided after a recce with each store manager. Relying on experience meant equipment could be kept to a minimum.

 

As there were several gigabytes of images, they were shipped on CD by Fedex. DFS were ecstatic about the image quality supplied. They were equally appreciative of the filing system Robert used which made identifying each image easy.