Twin Willows

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 24mm · f/8.0 · 10s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The Twin Willows, photographed for Hotel Motel 101. The one property in the series that was not a traditional motor inn. Brett photographed the accommodation entrance at the rear late at night and was challenged by a security guard, the only such incident across the series of 101 motels.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Twin Willows
Series: Hotel Motel 101
Catalogue: HMO-011
Process: Giclée
Captured: 2 April 2018
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 10s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 24 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

A single floodlight burns above a narrow doorway at the Twin Willows, throwing cold white light across an empty carpark. Cream brick walls run the length of the building. Louvred vents sit evenly spaced between small windows. A roller door on the right carries the words NO PARKING in stencilled capitals. A second storey rises behind the roofline, its pale blue cladding visible against a low, heavy sky. The asphalt is wet. The light fitting is the only thing burning on the building. There are no cars and no figures in the frame.

Twin Willows is one of 101 traditional Australian motor inns photographed for Hotel Motel 101 across 2018. The series ran in three sweeps out of Sydney: north along the Central Coast, west through the Blue Mountains, south down the start of the South Coast. Drive-thru reception, parking in front of the rooms, low rise. The photographs happen in the hours when the property is at its quietest and its most architectural, when nothing is competing for attention with the brick, the lights, and the sky. Roughly 120 properties were visited across the three runs. 101 were photographed; the rest were skipped because the conditions were not right.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A single floodlight burns above a narrow doorway, throwing cold white light across an empty car park. Cream brick walls run the length of the building. Louvred vents sit evenly spaced between small windows. A roller door on the right carries the words NO PARKING in stencilled capitals. A second storey rises behind the roofline, its pale blue cladding visible against a low, heavy sky. The asphalt is clean. No cars. No people.

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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