Fire Damage

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Settings: 36mm · f/16.0 · 1/5 sec · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A section of the Bradmill Denim factory at Yarraville where fire brought the roof down. Charred timber and twisted steel lie across the floor. The complex spun, wove and dyed cotton, and later denim, from the early 1950s until it closed around 2001.

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In situ

Fire Damage at Bradmill Denim, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Fire Damage at Bradmill Denim, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Fire Damage at Bradmill Denim, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Fire Damage
Series: Bradmill Denim
Catalogue: BDE-014
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: 1/5 sec s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 36 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

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03 THE STORY

About this print

Fire damage to one section of the building left the roof open, the steel and timber framing above the affected zone charred and collapsed. Where other parts of the Bradmill factory remained structurally complete into the 2010s, this section had already been altered by the fire, exposing the interior to weather and accelerating the deterioration beneath. Brett photographed the site in March 2012, some years after the factory had closed; the collapsed roof structure and the charred debris on the floor were the clearest record remaining of an event the building carried but could no longer recover from.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A section of the factory where the roof has collapsed due to fire damage.

Brett Patman

The series

Bradmill Denim

2011 · 52 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.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

Print sizes

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