Slab Cutting
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 21mm · f/8.0 · 0.8s · ISO 100
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Molten sparks shower down as a colossal steel slab undergoes cutting at BlueScope Port Kembla. The immense heat and industrial scale of the steelworks define this powerful scene.
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In situ
Print datasheet
- Title
- Slab Cutting
- Series
- BlueScope Port Kembla
- Catalogue
- BPK-009
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 18 March 2016
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Aperture
- f/8.0
- Shutter
- 0.8s s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 21 mm
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
- Paper size
- 290 × 200 mm
- Location
- Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia
- Authenticity
- C2PA verified provenance →
- Recognised by
- National Trust of Australia (NSW), 2016 Heritage Award, Multimedia
Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia
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The cutting process of slab casting. Pretty bloody hot.
Brett Patman
The series
BlueScope Port Kembla
The BlueScope Port Kembla steelworks is the largest crude-steel production plant in Australia and the largest single industrial operation in the Illawarra. The site began in 1928 as Australian Iron & Steel, taking over Charles Hoskins's iron operation from Lithgow. First steel was made in 1931. BHP merged with AIS in 1935 and the works ran as BHP Steel until 2002, when BlueScope was demerged from BHP. The No.6 Blast Furnace was decommissioned in 2011 when BlueScope withdrew from the export market and stood dormant for over a decade before reline work was approved in 2021 at an estimated $1.15 billion. The No.5 Blast Furnace is approaching end of life. The Lost Collective photographs document the dormant sections of the works during the period after the 2011 shutdown.
Print sizes
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