Retort Building Level One at Bathurst Gasworks, there is a walkway that surrounds the retort structure of Bathurst Gasworks.

01 Bathurst GasworksBathurst2016

ISO 1001.3sf/8.024mm

Series · 22 prints

Bathurst Gasworks

Photographed 2016
Frames 22
Camera NIKON D7000
Location New South Wales, Australia
Status Disused; under contamination and structural assessment
Years 1888 to 1987
01 ABOUT THIS SERIES

Series story

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Bathurst Gasworks ran on Russell Street from 1888 to 1987, producing town gas for Bathurst, Orange, and Lithgow under a three-council partnership for 91 years before being leased to AGL in 1979. Town gas production ceased in 1987, when Bathurst was switched onto the state natural gas grid. The site shows the standard pattern of a 19th-century country gasworks: a coal-fired retort house, byproduct storage, and a service yard. Coal tar from the gas-making process produced significant ground contamination, and the site has been partly remediated by Bathurst Regional Council with funding from the NSW Environmental Trust in 2008 and 2009. The retort building is the most prominent surviving structure and is documented in the Bathurst Regional Council heritage layer.

03 PRINTS

Prints in this series

Hand-signed limited editions, printed from the original RAW file. Editions run from 100 down to 25 and are not reissued once they sell through.

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.

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Lead time

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

06 PRESS

In the press

I'm often contacted by people who used to frequent the places I photographed. They share stories that enter the collections as additions or corrections. Sometimes they send their own photos from the same viewpoints, taken decades earlier.

The Guardian

Brett Patman·2019

theguardian.com

On the LC archive.

One day I stopped at a vast abandoned factory I passed on my way home from work. There was a long section of fence missing. I wandered in, camera in hand, and that moment was the unofficial beginning of Lost Collective.

The Guardian

Brett Patman·2019

theguardian.com

On the LC archive.

Leaving a secure job to work as an artist, trying to manage inconsistent income and tempering the self-doubt and self-criticism that came with it has been one of the most difficult things I've done.

The Guardian

Brett Patman·2019

theguardian.com

On the LC archive.

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