Rendering Plant

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 24mm · f/8.0 · 4s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Rusting steel machinery dominates the Blayney Abattoir's rendering plant. Decaying concrete floors stretch into the dim light. This industrial structure, once central to meat processing, now stands silent.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Rendering Plant
Series: Blayney Abattoir
Catalogue: BAB-003
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 January 2016
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 4s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 24 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Blayney, New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Blayney, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

The resulting tallow was stored for transport, while the remaining solids were pressed and ground into meat meal for fertiliser and animal feed. This art photography print captures the raw mechanics and layered history of a space once central to rendering and recovery.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

This former blood pit at the rear of the rendering plant is now filled with rainwater and scattered with crates, hoses and debris.

Brett Patman

The series

Blayney Abattoir

2016 · 25 photographs

At peak the Blayney Abattoir employed about 1,600 people, one of the largest workforces in Central West New South Wales. The site had been a butter factory and freezing works from at least 1900, converted to an abattoir in 1957. ANZCO Foods, the New Zealand owner since 1996, announced closure in March 1998 with about 600 workers given a week's pay.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

Print sizes

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