Doorway

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Settings: 57mm · f/16.0 · 6s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

An open doorway at the Bradmill Denim factory frames a view of industrial decline. Peeling paint and grimy surfaces define the forgotten space inside this derelict structure.

Edition

Open edition

Open edition
Printed to order, no fixed quantity. Each print is hand-signed by the photographer.

Limited edition
A fixed number of prints exist. Once sold, the edition closes permanently. Each print is individually numbered and signed.

$100.00 AUD

Colour

Signed, numbered, with COA. Made to order in 10 to 20 business days (framed). Shipped in protective packaging with edition certificate, paper-stock reference and a printed care guide.

See certificate sample →

Shipping Free shipping over $250. Ships worldwide, rates calculated at checkout.

Returns Damaged in transit? We replace it. Full policy →

Ships within 10 business days · signed & numbered

In situ

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Doorway
Series: Bradmill Denim
Catalogue: BDE-013
Process: Giclée
Captured: 18 March 2012
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Aperture: f/16.0
Shutter: 6s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 57 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Yarraville, Victoria, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Yarraville, Victoria, Australia

Map · Mapbox · OpenStreetMap

03 THE STORY

About this print

An open doorway in one of the buildings at Bradmill, Yarraville. The door has been removed; the frame stands in place, the painted timber chipped and split. Beyond the doorway, the next room of the factory is visible, the walls peeling, the floor scuffed. The threshold has been worked across countless times in the working years of the factory.

Bradmill at Yarraville ran cotton spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing across multiple connected buildings of varying era. Bradmill Industries Ltd was Australia's largest textile manufacturer at its 1970s peak, with fifteen sites and approximately 7,000 employees company-wide. The Yarraville site was pushed into receivership in the early 2000s and shuttered around 2002. Frasers Property Australia and Irongate are redeveloping the 18.7-hectare site as Bradmill Yarraville.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A heavy steel fire door marked "2" fills the end of a narrow brick corridor. The sign reads: FIRE DOOR MUST BE KEPT CLEAR AT ALL TIMES. Light spills through an open doorway on the left, catching debris scattered across the concrete floor. Paint flakes from the besser block walls. The air looks thick, damp. Graffiti marks the brickwork near the entrance.

Brett Patman

The series

Bradmill Denim

2011 · 27 photographs

The Bradford family founded Bradford Cotton Mills in Sydney in 1927. The company expanded into Victoria in 1940, began producing denim in 1945, and grew into Bradmill Industries Ltd. The Yarraville factory on Francis Street was the country's only indigo denim mill.

View all in this series →

05 SIZE GUIDE

Print sizes

The anatomy view shows what this finish is as a physical object: paper margin, mat band, frame depth, acrylic profile. The comparison strip shows how each size sits relative to the others at true scale. Click a size or a finish to update both.