Upstairs Workshop

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Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Settings
36mm · f/8.0 · 0.4s · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Dust settles on workbenches and forgotten tools in an upstairs workshop. Light filters through grimy windows, illuminating the decay within this abandoned shoe factory.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Upstairs Workshop
Series
Abandoned Shoe Factory
Catalogue
ASF-010
Process
Giclée
Captured
11 March 2012
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
0.4s s
ISO
100
Focal length
36 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Location
Northcote, Victoria, Australia
Recognised by
National Trust of Australia (NSW), 2016 Heritage Award, Multimedia
02 LOCATION

Northcote, Victoria, Australia

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04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

It looks as though at some stage someone initially broke into this building through the roof in this room.

Brett Patman

Abandoned Shoe Factory

The series

Abandoned Shoe Factory

2012 · 12 photographs

Abandoned Shoe Factory was the Northcote Shoe Factory at 13-15 Arthurton Road, Northcote, on the corner of Arthurton Road and Helen Street. The operation began earlier in two small buildings on Eastment Street before the company purchased the corner land and built a new purpose-built factory in 1926. By the 1970s the factory was running under the name Purnell Shoe Company. The Australian footwear industry contracted sharply through the 1980s and 1990s under cheap imports, and this is one of the many small and mid-sized manufacturers that closed during that period. The Lost Collective photographs were made in 2011, early in the project, and document the production floor in its abandoned state with the press levers, machinery, and waste bins still in place.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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