Henty House - Where Architecture meets Art

Henty House in Launceston is one of my favourite Modernist buildings in Tasmania. I enjoy its style and the photographic opportunities that it provides are countless. I find it such a photogenic building, its more akin to a piece of sculptural artwork. The textures, shapes and patterns from the concrete wood grain textures and how the light contrasts against shadow areas are a real joy and inspiration to capture on my camera. Over my 7 week road trip around Tasmania recently I focused on capturing new photos of Henty House. These are just some of the many details I captured of the sculptural beauty that is Henty House. Check out the new gallery on the website here for the entire ongoing project.

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Tasmanian Modernism - New website photos & 1000 followers

With the situation we all face with lock-down comes time to work on my photography and updating my website. I have spent a good deal of time working on the Tasmanian 20th Century Modernism project. The Tasmanian Modernism Facebook group has been growing with participation from members sharing photos and thoughts. View the website and new photographs here

I’ve updated the Tasmanian 20th Century Modernism project with a new layout and the addition of new photographs

The Instagram page has just hit 1000 followers! Thank you so much for all of your support. It means a lot and helps me know people are interested in this important part of our heritage. I’ve provided a new layout for the project and added additional galleries such as the Brutalist Henty House Government offices and The former Woolsheds and Silos Launceston. I’ve added new photographs to the galleries too. I want to be able to share the “hero” photographs in the galleries, whilst at the same time not overpopulating each gallery to the point where things become a visual mess.

Henty House Government Offices - Launceston

I'm in a positive dilemma as I have over 10 years of photographs, literally thousands of photos in my archive. Working out what to share and leave out is a real challenge. For many photos that don’t feature in the galleries I will be sharing them on the blog. It’s been fulfilling process editing and remastering my photographs, especially in these strange times we find ourselves in. Spending 7 weeks at the start of 2020 making photos for this project is all the more special now considering the circumstances we are in now - it means I have plenty of photo editing to keep me busy. Check out the “new” and improved website here and let me know what you think and any suggestions you may have.

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