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 failed ambition – abandoned service stations, unfinished railways lines and rusted debris.

‘Soldier Settlement, South Australia’ is a portrait of a crumbled policy. It speaks to an event in Australian history when soldiers returning from World War I were allotted remote land by the government to farm on. In some cases however, the conditions were so harsh – and the soldiers so foreign to this landscape – that the settlements were abandoned, leaving traces like these in their wake.

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

Christopher RIMMER (1963 - )
'Soldier Settlement, South Australia' 2022
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.