Launceston Landmarks Photobook

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About the project

Launceston has a rich and distinctive built environment, and it’s this unique character and ambience that’s provided me with profound inspiration in photographing the city. Launceston Landmarks is the culmination of countless walks exploring and photographing Tasmania’s putative northern capital. After more than two decades of being inquisitive, hundreds of walks throughout the city, countless experimentation, failures and successes, I have come to know Launceston, through the lens of my camera, as though it were my best friend. Whilst many of my projects are conceptual, I wanted this work to be akin to a survey of Launceston’s architectural landmarks, an artistic survey, if you will. The word ‘landmark’ can mean different things to different people. It could be a place featured in promotions or advertising—the face of the city that everyone knows—but for me, landmarks are places that resonate with me or evoke certain memories, feelings and, in a sense, what I find interesting photographically. The body of work that makes up Launceston Landmarks is, therefore, highly personal, and serves as a visual record of the city’s history.

These photographs are a reminder of how much we take for granted in our everyday lives and how much change occurs over time. More often than not, we fail to notice the transformations from day to day, and we quickly forget what was once there. The power of the photograph to make time stand still when everything else is in a state of flux draws me back to this medium every day. I hope my photography inspires you to take the time to look around the next time you’re in this beautiful city or, indeed, whatever built landscape you’re in, and to see for yourself how it continues to change. In life it’s not what you look at, so much as what you see, that matters most.

Book Details

Hardcover, 80 pages, (74 photographs), 254mm. X 203mm, ISBN - 978-1-7637510-7-1

I have produced several photography publications which are available for purchase and include: Insignificant Moments, Suburbia and Impermanence (West Coast Tasmania) which can be purchased through my website