Bill Henson is often recognised for embodying the concept of ‘suburban sublime’ in his practice. In his ‘Untitled 1985/86’ series, he treats the service stations, restaurants and people of suburbia with a sensitivity normally reserved for places of worship or historically significant architecture. Many of the photographs appear to be taken at dusk, with Henson drawing on his command of colour and light to create monumental images that are influenced by Baroque sensibilities. Reflecting on the series, Henson has said: 

I realised that it wasn’t the landscapes I was interested in but the dreamscapes: the way people carry their past and their childhood around inside of them . . . Suddenly I could look at it as an imaginary landscape rather than a realistic one.