The Downtown Motel at Wollongong, photographed at night for Hotel Motel 101. Two levels of blonde brick with ornate dark doors numbered 11 and 14, window air conditioners above drawn curtains, a red hose cabinet and a handrail along the lower walkway.
The Downtown Motel at Wollongong, photographed at night for Hotel Motel 101. Two levels of blonde brick with ornate dark doors numbered 11 and 14, window air conditioners above drawn curtains, a red hose cabinet and a handrail along the lower walkway.

Downtown Motel

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
24mm · f/8.0 · 13s · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Two storeys of yellow brick. Rooms 11 and 14 face the street. Curtains drawn. Wall-mounted air conditioning units. A fire hose cabinet in red. Sodium light pools across wet pavement below.

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In situ

Downtown Motel at Hotel Motel 101, unframed print displayed in situ on a wall.Downtown Motel at Hotel Motel 101, white-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.Downtown Motel at Hotel Motel 101, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.Downtown Motel at Hotel Motel 101, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.Downtown Motel at Hotel Motel 101, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Downtown Motel
Series
Hotel Motel 101
Catalogue
HMO-102
Process
Giclée
Captured
12 April 2018
Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
13s s
ISO
100
Focal length
24 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
297 × 210 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

Units 11 and 14 sit stacked at the Downtown Motel, two levels of brick and concrete slab. Each door carries pressed decorative panels in a dark frame, the curtains closed behind louvred windows and a window air conditioner jutting from the wall above. A red fire hose reel is bolted to the lower wall and a No Parking sign is fixed to the brickwork. Security lights lay warm sodium along the walkways. The asphalt below is wet.

The Downtown Motel was photographed at 02:18 on 12 April 2018, the final night of Hotel Motel 101 and the project's last shot before Thirroul Beach Motel at 03:53. The project covered 101 traditional Australian motor inns across three sweeps out of Sydney in late March and early April 2018: south on the Hume, north on the Pacific, west on the Great Western. Drive-thru reception, parking in front of the rooms, low rise. "Downtown" naming sits inside the postwar Australian motel's broader habit of reaching for the American urban-motel aesthetic to lend the property a touch of mid-century cool.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Two storeys of brown brick and concrete slab. Units 11 and 14 sit stacked, identical in layout. Each door carries pressed decorative panels in dark frames. Curtains hang closed behind louvred windows. A window-mounted air conditioner juts from each unit. Security lights throw warm sodium across the walkways. A red fire hose reel is bolted to the lower wall. Wet asphalt below. A "No Parking" sign fixed to the brickwork.

Brett Patman

Hotel Motel 101

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

Print sizes

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07 MORE FROM HOTEL MOTEL 101

102 other prints in this series

All prints
The Thirroul Beach Motel at Thirroul, photographed at night for Hotel Motel 101. Two storeys of red brick with pastel doors on both levels, a reception sign at the end of the row, palms and cordylines along the frontage and stars over the empty car park.
Thirroul Beach Motel, Thirroul$100.00
The 3 Sisters Motel sign at Katoomba, photographed at night for Hotel Motel 101. A tall red neon MOTEL blade rises above the name in white and blue tubing, a RESTAURANT sign alongside it and a brick garden wall below.
3 Sisters Motel Sign$100.00
The Grandstand Motel at Warwick Farm, photographed at night for Hotel Motel 101. Two storeys of red brick with a hose reel on the wall, green curtains drawn behind the ground-floor windows, weeds pushing through the paving and one fluorescent tube lit above.
Grandstand Motel, Warwick Farm$100.00
The Mt Kuring-Gai Motel sign photographed at night for Hotel Motel 101. Red neon outlines a painted panel with a cactus and an OFFICE arrow, a FOXTEL box above it and VACANCY below, with cacti growing in the bed at the base of the pole.
Mt Kuring-Gai Motel Sign$100.00
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