This new book presents a typology of 100 portraits of households in Newcastle, New South Wales taken in 2020 during some of the strictest COVID-19 lockdowns in the world. The restrictions allowed photographer Luke David Kellett a unique opportunity compile a visual representation of architecture and inhabitants of Newcastle.

Each photograph in book was made on large-format camera with great care for uniformity of perspective and framing. Kellett’s intent was to create a structure and consistency which highlighted both the differences and similarities between the architectural details of the town but also allowing the viewer to focus on the individuals without being distracted by a changing composition. ‘Apart from personally loving the uniformity of typologies, everything around the world at the time was chaotic and unknown. Photographing this project as a typology provided some structure that I could cling on to. Pedantically obsessing over the tiny details of matching the images calmed me down, grounded me and gave me focus during a very strange time.’