Tasmanian 20th Century has a new Home!

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This year marks 10 years since starting my blog about Tasmanian 20th Century Modernism. Over this time I’ve produced over 400 blog posts, travelled thousands of kilometres making photographs in the pursuit of telling the story of Tasmanian Modernism.

The work I’ve undertaken of raising awareness of this period of Tasmanian design has been shared through my blog, website and social media channels.  It’s funny to think that Instagram wasn’t even a thing when I started blogging. My work from this project has also been published in publications including magazines, academic books as well as well as radio and newspaper interviews.

I have been using the Blogger platform for 10 years to share these stories about my passion for Tasmanian 20th Century Modernism.  In early 2019 I reworked my entire website creating a fresh modern platform to share my vast artistic and commercial portfolios. This new direction has provided me with the inputs to continue creating new content for my Tasmanian Modernism project and the ability to integrate it into my new website creates a strong design “flow” showcasing all my work in one location.

One of my goals for 2019 for the Tasmanian 20th Century Modernism project is going through my catalogue and remastering photographs I've taken including new interpretations of old photographs. Over the past decade I've learnt so much creatively and technically about the craft of photography and about Tasmanian Modernism. It will be a joy to look back upon and reinterpret my portfolio of images.

As I begin the process of editing the project photographs I’ll be posting them onto my new website dedicated to the Tasmanian Modernism project. Here you will find all my project photos categorised into galleries relating to their use such as industry, commercial and Government etc. I have also created a section titled “In Focus” which showcases large scale and/or long term projects I've worked on that have more than just a few photographs. The website at present has just launched, coupled with remastering my huge back catalogue. In time I hope for the website and blog to provide a wonderful resource for everything relating to Tasmanian 20th Century Modernism.

Thank you for all your support over the last 10 years, it's been a wonderful journey so far, and I'm excited for what's to come. Remember to follow me on Instagram and Facebook too.

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10 Murray Street Project - The Facade that never Ends

I loved filling the frame with just 10 Murray Street and the corner of the Davey Street Government Art Deco office block. I like the element of the unknown in creating my images - in this case not knowing where 10 Murray starts and ends. Project gallery https://www.tryanphotos.com/10-murray-street-tasmania-cover

Beyond the Facade // Enter 10 Murray Street

This is my latest edit I have just added to my 10 Murray Street project. Most people probably remember 10 Murray Street from the exterior views.  But the views as you walked off the street and into 10 Murray Street was just as fascinating in terms of period design details.  There are so many period 1960s design elements in this one scene - lavish use of concrete, aluminium, carpet and walls lined with terrazzo.  I loved the way the staircase material finish continued on into the lobby area.  The entire entry was like a fortress, like standing behind and underneath a roaring waterfall - an immense sense of the bold grandeur comes over me as I looked upwards and outwards, yet being in this cocooned darkness was like a refuge away from the windy exposed street...and this is all before you even enter inside proper! The 10 Murray Street project has been an immense undertaking logistically, emotionally and photographically. I have amassed a large library of photographs I have still to process, documenting the exterior and interior spaces for over the past decade. Join me on my journey of a Modernist landmark. Project Gallery www.tryanphotos.com

10 Murray Street - One More Photo before I get lunch

It's high noon right now and after photographing 10 Murray Street all morning its time to grab some lunch. But before I do I must make another photograph of this scene while all is calm and the streets deserted. From this perspective we obtain a grand view of of a Modernist 20th Century streetscape. see the Streamline Art Deco Government offices and standing tall at the end of the block, 10 Murray Street Government Offices. Project gallery www.tryanphotos.com

10 Murray Street - The Bold and the Beautiful - The story behind the photograph

I have just finished the creation of my new website and with it the launch of the 10 Murray Street project. The project has been an immense undertaking logistically, emotionally and photographically. I have amassed a large library of photographs I have still to process, documenting the exterior and interior spaces for over the past decade. Join me on my journey of a Modernist landmark. View the project on my new website www.tryanphotos.com and if you are interested in the back story of how I planned for and captured this image you can read about it on my Thomas Ryan Photography blog over here

Woolshed & Silos Project Launceston

Just after the demolition of the former school that used to stand in front of landmark mid 20th century silos in Launceston. This project has been ongoing and this image forms part of over a decade of photographs from the project. View the ongoing project gallery as I add more photos here www.tryanphotos.com/Projects/All/Wsl/n-g7sjsB/

Remember to keep up to date with my photography of Tasmanian Modernism on my Instagram feed over at https://www.instagram.com/tasmanianmodernism/

Another Willow Court Building Destroyed by Fire

Today I edit one of my photographs from Willow Court // Royal Derwent Hospital project in tribute to the loss of yet another important piece of our Modernist heritage. Today Ward G was burnt down after a deliberately lit fire. The building dated from the 1930s and will now be demolished. I have documented the Willow Court // Royal Derwent Hospital as a long term project as its an important part of Tasmania's history and there has to be a record of high quality images that document the site for posterity so that future generations can understand what once was.

Woolsheds & Silos Project Launceston // When Memory Dies

This is one of my latest images I've edited from the project, captured in 2012. This shows the wonderful 2 large scale woodsheds and the grass that runs through the middle of the sheds was once Taroona Street. This scene, including the street and woolsheds is today unrecognisable. I have just started editing photographs from my vast collection of this project, check out the the photographs as I edit them on my website here https://www.tryanphotos.com/Projects/All/Wsl/n-g7sjsB/

Remember, you can follow me over on my Instagram account for my latest Tasmanian 20th Century Modernism photography here www.instagram.com/tasmanianmodernism/?hl=en

Woolsheds & Silos Project // Distant Memory

As much as I up close to the woolsheds and silos, finding views from afar to provide context were always fun and provided a new way to view a familiar scene. The views from the suburb of Trevallyn between houses and trees was amazing.  Finding new vantage points became an obsessive pursuit! I enjoy these kinds of views of familiar subjects, they provide scene context to the main subject.  When I captured this image in 2015 the once large scale industrial site of Gunns Mill had been demolished and Bunnings Warehouse was still be completed. Check out my story and photographs published in the latest August issue of Australian Photography magazine. The story features a project I have been working on now for over 10 years in Launceston, Tasmania....I hope it inspires you to get out there and undertake a long terms project, the rewards are endless. Available now in newsagents and online for download

Launceston Woolsheds & Silos Project // Street with No Name

Today I edit this photograph I took back on the 2nd January 2012 when the woolsheds were still standing and that street running through the image was still a street. Since I captured the entire landscape is unrecognisable. The woolsheds and the street is no more. The power of the photograph for posterity is so precious. Check out my story and photographs published in the latest August issue of Australian Photography magazine. The story features a project I have been working on now for over 10 years in Launceston, Tasmania. I hope it inspires you to get out there and undertake a long terms project, the rewards are endless. Available now in newsagents and online for download.

Remember to keep up to date with my photography of Tasmanian Modernism on my Instagram feed over at https://www.instagram.com/tasmanianmodernism/