In 2020, during some of the strictest COVID-19 lockdowns in the world, photographer Luke David Kellett documented households in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Published by GOST Books in 2024, the book presents a typology of 100 portraits of households, combining architecture and inhabitants. The restrictions provided a unique opportunity to compile a visual representation of the city and contribute to a collective memory of that period.

The book is structured as a typology of 100 households. Kellett’s approach records both the built environment and the people living within it, creating a systematic visual archive made under extraordinary circumstances. The project focuses on domestic life during a time of enforced stasis, when home became the primary site of daily experience.

Newcastle is a hardback volume of 104 pages, published in 2024 by GOST Books. It contains 100 portraits taken in 2020. The work documents a specific place and moment, offering a visual representation of Newcastle and its residents during the pandemic.

The book is a single-artist project by Luke David Kellett. Its structure and historical context make it a notable example of contemporary photographic publishing, recording both the architecture and the inhabitants of Newcastle during the COVID-19 lockdowns.