Backyard at Leichhardt House, a weathered timber slab building sits low in green pasture.

01 Leichhardt HouseSouthern Tablelands2020

ISO 1001/160f/8.019mm

Series · 18 prints

Leichhardt House

Photographed 2020
Frames 18
Camera NIKON D850
Location New South Wales, Australia
Status Agricultural shed; active pastoral use
01 ABOUT THIS SERIES

Series story

Leichhardt House is a slab hut cottage in the New South Wales Southern Tablelands, around 130 years old. The building has outlasted what was built around it. A larger family home built close by in the early 1900s was destroyed in the 1964-65 fires that swept the Southern Tablelands, and a new home went up in its place. The slab hut survived. The end wall, where the chimney once stood, has been taken out and replaced with large doors so the building can keep working as a shed. The owners hold a photograph from around 1920 showing two young boys standing out the front of the same cottage, against the same slab walls. The Lost Collective photographs sit alongside that older record as a second century-on view of the same place. The exact location and the family who hold it have asked to remain unnamed.

03 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.

Backyard at Leichhardt House, a weathered timber slab building sits low in green pasture.
Backyard
Bath at Leichhardt House, a cast-iron clawfoot bathtub sits on a Persian rug, its enamel interior stained brown with rust.
Bath
Hanging Scale at Leichhardt House, a rusted iron scale hangs from a heavy chain and ring bolt fixed to the exterior wall.
Hanging Scale
Hills at Leichhardt House, a weathered timber shed sits low against green pasture, its corrugated iron roof streaked deep.
Hills
History at Leichhardt House, a sepia-toned archival photograph sits within the frame.
History
Horseshoe at Leichhardt House, two rusted horseshoes hang from a bent nail on a hardwood post.
Horseshoe
Kitchen to Bath at Leichhardt House, light cuts through gaps in the slab timber walls and holes in the corrugated iron roof.
Kitchen to Bath
Porch Saws at Leichhardt House, a large circular saw blade leans against weathered timber cladding on a narrow verandah.
Porch Saws
Porch at Leichhardt House, a covered timber verandah, grey and split with age.
Porch
Rust at Leichhardt House, two steel milk cans sit against a weathered timber wall.
Rust
Scales Detail at Leichhardt House, a cast-iron balance scale sits on a concrete ledge against darkened timber.
Scales Detail
Scales at Leichhardt House, a hardwood washstand sits against a wall of peeling bark and rough-sawn timber.
Scales
Trap at Leichhardt House, a rusted steel trap hangs from a short chain on a weathered timber post.
Trap
Traps at Leichhardt House, cast iron branding irons hang from hooks driven into weathered hardwood cladding.
Traps
Wagon Tray at Leichhardt House, a horse-drawn wagon sits collapsed beside a slab timber shed.
Wagon Tray
Wagon at Leichhardt House, a horse-drawn wagon sits on green grass beside a wire fence line.
Wagon
Wireless Front On at Leichhardt House, a portable valve radio sits open on a timber dresser, its lid propped back to reveal.
Wireless Front On
Wireless at Leichhardt House, a portable valve radio sits open on a dark timber dresser.
Wireless
04 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.

Editions

Open in XS and S. Limited in M (100), L (50), XL (25). From $100.

Print tiers →

Lead time

Unframed: 5 to 10 business days. Framed and acrylic: 10 to 20.

06 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

Brett Patman·2019

theguardian.com

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

Brett Patman·2016

lostcollective.com

On the LC archive.

There's this sense of wonder you get when looking at abandoned buildings. You try to imagine what these spaces were like when they were filled with busy workers trying to meet production targets. And why did they close?

The Guardian

Brett Patman·2019

theguardian.com

On the LC archive.

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