Barton Taylor
I am a Sydney based commercial photographer specialising in the documentation of architecture and interior design. I spend my days chasing shadows around and rearranging the furniture in strangers’ houses, nestled in gardens, gutters, under the stairs, in various weird contortions, waiting patiently for the sun to come back out; trying not to take myself too seriously, but deeply serious about my work.

When not photographing the built environment I quietly work away at an ever expanding body of largely photo-based conceptual ‘art’ work. The focus of this work is most often detritus, ephemera, inventories of things, what I’d refer to as a sort of pop-anthropology.

The Project
The architect describes this project best. “The Middle Dural House is a contour hugging, escarpment augmentation. Contemporary peaks and colonnades, nestled within a comprehensive landscape, straddle the ridge and revere the ancient valley.”

The challenge of capturing this house lay partially in the sheer scale, encompassing multiple ‘pavilions’, separated for intended usage, and the expansive grounds: step count 65,000. I started with a largely blank canvas and brought in Stylist Holly Irvine to help bring it to life. The country location and empty driveway spoke to me and said: E-type Jaguar.

Architect/Designer: Andrew Donaldson Architecture & Design, Mallinger Constructions, Holly Irvine