In his series, Remnant, photographer Christopher Rimmer descends into the Australian outback. Set against the backdrop of covid, the resulting photographs are portraits of isolation, the Australian sublime and exhausted ambition – abandoned service stations, unfinished railways lines and rusted debris.

In ‘Milparinka, New South Wales’, Rimmer photographs a ghostly children’s playground at the edge of the desert. Now abandoned, Milparinka is a historic gold mining town named after a Wangkumara word meaning “water may be found here”. While it has one of the region’s only reliable sources of water, this was not enough to overcome the hardship of surviving in the desert. In his haunting photograph, Rimmer captures what is made and discarded in the pursuit of progress.

An internationally acclaimed Britain-born, South African raised and now Victoria based artist, Rimmer’s work is a compelling find for collectors of photography and contemporary landscapes.

Christopher RIMMER (1963 - )
'Milparinka, New South Wales' 2023
C Type photograph
Edition of 20 (Medium, Large); Open Edition (Small)
Signed: Numbered and signed in the margin by Christopher Rimmer and assigned a unique number which is printed in hologram in the margin and also on the accompanying studio verification certificate.
Comes with Letter of Provenance

Condition: Excellent

(c) The Artist or Assignee

Each Remnant print is made by master print maker, Roger Stuart in Melbourne Australia and is printed on Hannemuhle cotton rag with high quality, fade resistant inks. A 10 cm margin is retained for signing thus permitting a number of framing and matting options. The print is wrapped in archival tissue paper and securely packed in a tube and sent via a tracked service.