Bargo Motor Inn

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 70mm · f/8.0 · 30s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The Bargo Motor Inn in Bargo, Southern Highlands NSW, photographed at night for Hotel Motel 101. Brett Patman noted it as one of the higher-rated motels in the series. Family-owned and operated, on the M5 Freeway about an hour from Sydney.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Bargo Motor Inn
Series: Hotel Motel 101
Catalogue: HMO-014
Process: Giclée
Captured: 3 April 2018
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 30s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 70 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

Green-painted brick and corrugated iron run along the front of the Bargo Motor Inn. Two doors sit side by side under a narrow awning. Room 4 on the right, its door pale green, a timber bench beside it. The left door catches a wall-mounted lamp, yellow light pooling across the painted panels. Dark curtains hang behind louvred windows. Terracotta pavers run the length of the walkway. Below the awning, the asphalt carpark is empty. A faded yellow 2 marks a parking bay near the camera. The light is hard and sodium-coloured. The room number is the brightest thing in the frame.

Bargo is on the southern run of Hotel Motel 101, on the Hume Highway between Sydney and the Southern Highlands. The series photographed 101 traditional motor inns across three runs out of Sydney over 2018, all in the hours when there were no cars and no guests on the walkways. The inclusion criterion was the traditional Australian motor inn typology: drive-thru reception, parking in front of the rooms, low rise. Roughly 120 properties were visited; 101 were photographed. The remainder were skipped because the lighting was wrong, or there was a car parked in the frame, or someone was at the door.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Green-painted brick and corrugated iron. Two doors sit side by side under a narrow awning. Room 4 on the right, its door pale green, a timber bench beside it. The left door catches a wall-mounted lamp, yellow light pooling across the painted panels. Dark curtains hang behind louvred windows. Terracotta pavers run the length of the walkway. Below, the asphalt car park is empty. A faded yellow "2" marks a parking bay. No cars. No movement. Just the hum of the lamp.

Brett Patman

The series

Hotel Motel 101

2015–2020 · 103 photographs

Hotel Motel 101 is a series of one hundred and one motels photographed in 2018 across three runs out of Sydney. North to the Central Coast, west through the Blue Mountains to the central western tablelands, south down the NSW South Coast. The count crept up from a planned seventy toward the round number, plus one for safety.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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