Weak sunlight illuminates the concrete basement of the abandoned ABBCO Bakery in Leichhardt, with decayed walls and a ceiling lined with old pipes and conduits.

01 Abandoned Bakery (ABBCO Bakery)Leichhardt2015

ISO 1001sf/8.031mm

Series · 14 prints

Abandoned Bakery (ABBCO Bakery)

Photographed 2015
Frames 14
Camera NIKON D7000
Location New South Wales, Australia
Status Demolished post-2015
01 ABOUT THIS SERIES

Series story

Map · Mapbox · OpenStreetMap

ABBCO Bakery ran at 7 Darley Road, Leichhardt, on the inner-west fringe of Sydney. The site was on the original 1811 Macquarie Gift land grant to Ensign Hugh Piper, adjacent to the former Goods Line freight rail corridor between Sydney Yard and Darling Harbour. Built around 1950, the bakery was, by the early 1970s, the largest independent bakery in Australia. Director and part-owner Bill McLeod ran it with his brother and sister, baking 100 types of bread for distribution across Sydney through ABBCO's own 22 retail shops and through wholesale outlets. The site later passed through State Rail and Goodman Fielder ownership and had brief lives as a limousine hire and furniture manufacturer before falling out of use. The Lost Collective photographs were made during its abandoned period. The bakery has since been demolished. A Dan Murphy's now stands on the site.

03 PRINTS

Prints in this series

Hand-signed and numbered, printed from the original RAW file. Open editions in the two smallest sizes; limited editions of 100, 50 and 25 in the three larger, never reissued once they sell through.

Weak sunlight illuminates the concrete basement of the abandoned ABBCO Bakery in Leichhardt, with decayed walls and a ceiling lined with old pipes and conduits.
Basement
Cracked concrete floor holds a shallow pool of water at Abandoned Bakery. Reflected in the water: deteriorating walls and the graffiti painted across them.
Reflections
Mezzanine Back Wall at Abandoned Bakery, from the mezzanine viewing south towards Canada Bay.
Mezzanine Back Wall
The eastern section of the main production floor, shot in 2015 at Abandoned Bakery. Corrugated iron, scattered debris and exposed steel structure occupy the floor.
Main Floor East
Hallway at Abandoned Bakery, now, most are full of mattresses.
Hallway
A rusted iron staircase rises from a dust-covered main floor towards a mezzanine level at Abandoned Bakery. Paint has peeled from the staircase railings and treads. Light falls across the floor from an unseen source.
Main Floor To Mezzanine
Hangout at Abandoned Bakery, netflix & Chill.
Hangout
A basement exit opening filled with rubble and decaying materials at Abandoned Bakery. Paint peels from the walls in long strips.
Basement Exit
Basement Pylons at Abandoned Bakery, a cross view of the basement.
Basement Pylons
Basement to First Floor at Abandoned Bakery, the only way is up.
Basement to First Floor
Main Floor West at Abandoned Bakery, steel portal frames span the full width of the warehouse floor.
Main Floor West
A mezzanine floor coated in dust at Abandoned Bakery. Exposed steel beams cross overhead and a metal handrail traces the mezzanine edge. Paint peels from the walls in layers. Grimy windows admit pale, diffused light.
Rear Mezzanine
Squatters Bedroom at Abandoned Bakery, a stained mattress sits flat on the concrete floor, pushed against the back wall.
Squatters Bedroom
Office Mezzanine at Abandoned Bakery, part of the mezzanine that adjoins a small office.
Office Mezzanine
04 ABOUT THE PRINTS

How they’re made

Made to order by Brett in Sydney, from the original RAW file. Each print is hand-signed and numbered before it ships.

Paper

Ilford Galerie cotton rag, 310 gsm. Acrylic on metallic gloss, 260 gsm.

Editions

Open in XS and S. Limited in M (100), L (50), XL (25). From $100.

Print tiers →

Lead time

Unframed: 5 to 10 business days. Framed and acrylic: 10 to 20.

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