Telegraph And Telephone Office at The Woolshed, a weatherboard building sits low in a clearing, its corrugated iron roof.

01 The WoolshedVarious2017 - 2018

ISO 8001/640f/8.0560mm

Series · 29 prints

The Woolshed

Photographed 2017 - 2018
Frames 29
Camera NIKON Z 7 · NIKON D810 · NIKON D850
Location New South Wales, Australia
Status Some still shear; many do not
01 ABOUT THIS SERIES

Series story

The Woolshed is a series of working and former working woolsheds across south-eastern New South Wales, predominantly the south-east hinterland and Snowy Monaro region. Most are timber-framed and clad in corrugated iron or timber weatherboards, weathered through decades of use. Some still shear; many do not, as farming priorities have shifted and shearing technology has changed. Woolsheds were sometimes important community meeting points, used for dances and other gatherings. The buildings were always built for function - appearance was never a factor in their design.

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.

Rocky Hall Woolshed at The Woolshed, two large eucalypts frame a weatherboard woolshed at Rocky Hall, their pale trunks.
Rocky Hall Woolshed
Telegraph And Telephone Office at The Woolshed, a weatherboard building sits low in a clearing, its corrugated iron roof.
Telegraph And Telephone Office
South Pambula Shed at The Woolshed, corrugated iron and weatherboard hold together in a patchwork of repairs and additions.
South Pambula Shed
Simple Shed at The Woolshed, corrugated iron walls sit grey and weathered against a gentle slope of dry grass.
Simple Shed
Shed In The Field at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron shed sits alone in open pastoral country.
Shed In The Field
Nissen Hut In The Distance at The Woolshed, a Nissen hut sits at the base of a vast open hillside, dwarfed by the slope.
Nissen Hut In The Distance
Nimmitabel Shed at The Woolshed, a single weatherboard shed sits on a low rise in the middle of open grazing country near.
Nimmitabel Shed
Maffra Shearers Quarters at The Woolshed, a weatherboard shearing quarters sits low in green pasture, its corrugated iron.
Maffra Shearers Quarters
Hilltop Shed at The Woolshed, a small timber shed sits low on a grassed hilltop, its gable face open to the paddock.
Hilltop Shed
Fibro Shed at The Woolshed, a fibro and weatherboard shed sits low against a rising hillside.
Fibro Shed
Deddick Valley Ruined Shed at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron shed stands open to the paddock, its gable roof peeling back.
Deddick Valley Ruined Shed
Crow On The Shed at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron woolshed sits low against open grazing country.
Crow On The Shed
Colac Shed at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron woolshed sits low against flat green pasture near Colac, in Victoria's.
Colac Shed
Colac Garden Shed at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron shed sits square to the frame, its walls stained deep rust-red.
Colac Garden Shed
Bottom Of The Hill at The Woolshed, a fibro and corrugated iron shed sits low in a shallow gully, dwarfed by the green.
Bottom Of The Hill
Bemboka Woolshed at The Woolshed, a weatherboard woolshed sits on low timber stumps against a slope of green pasture.
Bemboka Woolshed
Afternoon Woolshed at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron woolshed sits low against dry summer grass.
Afternoon Woolshed
Biggin Hill at The Woolshed, a small shepherds refuge just off the Snowy River Way around Mount Cooper.
Biggin Hill
Ironmungie Road Woolshed at The Woolshed, a very neat and tidy looking woolshed in Dalgety.
Ironmungie Road Woolshed
Maffra Woolshed at The Woolshed, an old woolshed around Maffra with a patchwork of corrugated iron sheeting.
Maffra Woolshed
Dalgety Woolshed at The Woolshed, a distant woolshed in a rocky Dalgety valley.
Dalgety Woolshed
Numbla Vale Woolshed at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron woolshed perched atop a rocky crest.
Numbla Vale Woolshed
Jimenbuen Woolshed at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron woolshed on a Jimenbuen Hillside.
Jimenbuen Woolshed
Delegate River at The Woolshed, a timber woolshed set before a lush forest background.
Delegate River
Springvale Woolshed at The Woolshed, a rusting woolshed overlooking a hazy valley in Springvale.
Springvale Woolshed
Deddick Valley Woolshed at The Woolshed, a timber weatherboard constructed woolshed by the roadside.
Deddick Valley Woolshed
Cathcart Woolshed at The Woolshed, a red-tinged timber woolshed in Cathcart.
Cathcart Woolshed
Beloka Woolshed at The Woolshed, corrugated iron in silver and rust.
Beloka Woolshed
Crutching Shed in the Wet at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron crutching shed sits low in tussocked grassland, its galvanised.
Crutching Shed in the Wet
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.

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Lead time

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

06 PRESS

In the press

I'm often contacted by people who used to frequent the places I photographed. They share stories that enter the collections as additions or corrections. Sometimes they send their own photos from the same viewpoints, taken decades earlier.

The Guardian

Brett Patman·2019

theguardian.com

On the LC archive.

One day I stopped at a vast abandoned factory I passed on my way home from work. There was a long section of fence missing. I wandered in, camera in hand, and that moment was the unofficial beginning of Lost Collective.

The Guardian

Brett Patman·2019

theguardian.com

On the LC archive.

Leaving a secure job to work as an artist, trying to manage inconsistent income and tempering the self-doubt and self-criticism that came with it has been one of the most difficult things I've done.

The Guardian

Brett Patman·2019

theguardian.com

On the LC archive.

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