Australian Art Deco Hotels: A Photographic Journey

How Australia’s love for a cold beer started an Art Deco architectural phenomenon

About the Program

Photographer extraordinaire Geoffrey Goddard explores how Australia’s love for a cold beer started an Art Deco architectural phenomenon. In a new book, Australian Art Deco Hotels, Goddard documents the very best of these treasures, and every curve and colourful detail. It took him 10 years and more than 35,000 road-trip kilometres to complete and it’s filled with more than 300 contemporary photographs, complemented by archival images.

Would you like to own this gorgeous book? Although it is not sold in the US, ADSW has coordinated with the author to make a very limited number of copies available to registrants for $75 USD, including shipping.

To save on international shipping costs, the books will be sent in bulk to ADSW by the author, they will then be distributed via USPS Media Mail to purchasers. Given current unprecedented worldwide mail delays due to Covid, please expect longer than normal delivery times. Purchasers will be notified when the books have arrived at ADSW, and individual orders are sent out.

About the Speaker:

Geoffrey Goddard is an internationally awarded art director, designer and photographer with a passion for 20th Century architecture and photography road trips. An avid Art Deco collector for over 25 years he has combined this passion with his photography practice to assemble a large portfolio of images of 20th Century architecture including many Art Deco buildings from around the world.

After a career working as an creative for some of Australia’s best known advertising agencies he currently works in digital media as a lead UX/UI designer. He has a B.A. in Fine Art from the University of South Australia majoring in Photography and Digital Imaging.

A finalist in the 2017 Head On Landscape Prize and runner up in the Architecture category for Capture Magazines 2018 Emerging Photographers Awards he has held numerous solo exhibitions in Australia and has exhibited images internationally in China, New Zealand, India, France and the United States at various photo festivals.

His book ‘ Australian Art Deco Hotels’ was a 2020 Australian National Trust Heritage Awards Finalist .

He has a B.A. in Fine Art from the University of South Australia majoring in Photography and Digital Imaging.

Pricing:

Art Deco Society of Washington Members -- $10
Other Art Deco Society (ICADS) Members -- $10
Nonmembers -- $15