This is a meditative project in the melancholic mode. This ‘through the lens of loss’ is a mourning for the destruction of the environment in Tasmania that was caused by resource extraction, such as mining and forestry. Historically the destruction caused by this form of economic development has resulted death and loss to both the people of Tasmania and to the landscape.
Tasmania Elegies has its own Tumblr blog, which is where the images selected from the archives go to form an ongoing project that is envisioned as a book.
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- Mt Lyell Opencut Mine, Queenstown
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- Smelter Ruins, Zeehan
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- Drums, Mt Lyell Mine, Queenstown
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- Ruined Smelter, Zeehan
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- Mine Tailings, King River
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- Mt Lyell open cut mine face
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- rock, Mt Lyell, Queenstown
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- Macquarie Harbour, Strahan
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- water tanks, Mt Lyell, Queenstown
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- ruins, Zeehan
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- grave, Gormanston
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- grave stone, Gormanston
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- acid stream, Mt Lyell mine