I'm not trying to make out like I'm some kind of mysterious urbex badass. Lost Collective isn't about me. It's about the places I shoot and even more about the connection that the people have to the sites.
Broadsheet
On the LC archive.
01 Braidwood HotelBraidwood2016
ISO 1008sf/8.014mm
Series · 3 prints
Braidwood Hotel
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ABOUT THIS SERIES
Series story
Map · Mapbox · OpenStreetMap
Braidwood Hotel sits at 180 Wallace Street and has run continuously as a country pub since 1859, when it went up during the Gold Rush. Gold was found in the nearby Araluen Valley in 1851-52, thousands of prospectors filled the diggings, and Braidwood became the base town for the surrounding goldfields. The Wallace Street streetscape that survives today is largely the result of that boom. The hotel is built in the Georgian style: high ceilings, oversized fireplaces, a verandah with cast iron lacework. It is a local heritage item under the Queanbeyan-Palerang LEP. The whole town of Braidwood was given permanent conservation protection by the NSW Government in 2006 and is classified by the National Trust as an historic town. The pub has been continuously open for more than 165 years.
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PRINTS
Prints in this series
Hand-signed limited editions, printed from the original RAW file. Editions run from 100 down to 25 and are not reissued once they sell through.
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ABOUT THE PRINTS
How they’re made
Made to order by Brett in Sydney, from the original RAW file. Each print is hand-signed and numbered before it ships.
Paper
Ilford Galerie cotton rag, 310 gsm. Acrylic on metallic gloss, 260 gsm.
Lead time
Unframed: 5 to 10 business days. Framed and acrylic: 10 to 20.
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PRESS
In the press
Often I'd find myself looking at the machines and architecture and challenging myself to find one single object designed purely for aesthetics. Craftsmanship made way for efficiency in engineering long before I'd even left school.
The Guardian
On the LC archive.
People talk about what it was like to work or stay in these places, who they knew, what they did, how great the Christmas parties were, that store man nobody liked, what all the different machines were, how they worked and what became of them.
Broadsheet
On the LC archive.