Mark Strizic viewed Australian life in the 1950-60's through post-war European eyes and he did not celebrate Australia becoming a modern industrial society as did Max Dupain. He photographed both the destruction of buildings, before, during and after the wreckers were busy and Melbourne's historical architectural beauty, with its romantic European skyline of spires, cupolas and arches that was disappearing fast.

He worked across a wide range of photographic fields including urban, industrial, commercial, and architectural photography. and his images of architecture and of life were a representation of the changing face of a migrating society of new prosperity, youth and popular culture. His Melbourne was a city in transition.

In 2007 the State Library of Victoria acquired Strizic's entire archive of about 5000 negatives, colour transparencies and slides. Some were on display in this exhibition that I saw when I was in Melbourne.