Lights

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 24mm · f/2.8 · 1/125 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Rows of fluorescent lights illuminate the vast, high-ceilinged space of the abandoned Bradmill Denim factory. Their cold glow reveals industrial decay, with exposed conduits and dust lingering in the air.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Lights
Series: Bradmill Denim
Catalogue: BDE-017
Process: Giclée
Captured: 18 March 2012
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter: 1/125 s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 24 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

Rows of fluorescent lights run across the ceiling of one of the production halls at Bradmill, Yarraville. The ceiling is high; the lights are suspended on chains from the structural framing. Some are dark; others still hold a residual glow from the daylight entering through the upper windows. The hall is otherwise empty, the machinery removed, the concrete floor stained where the working equipment once stood.

Bradmill at Yarraville processed cotton at industrial scale through the second half of the twentieth century, producing denim and workwear fabrics. The Yarraville site was using 40,000 bales of cotton a year at peak operation, with electricity bills that could exceed AU$1 million. Bradmill Industries Ltd was pushed into receivership in the early 2000s under pressure from cheap textile imports. The site shuttered around 2002 and sat dormant for around two decades before redevelopment.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Steel beams cut diagonally across the frame, crossing pipes and structural columns inside the Bradmill Denim factory. A pair of fluorescent light fittings hang at an angle, their tubes intact but dead. The concrete is thick with grime. Corrugated metal cladding lines the upper walls. A scrap of yellow fabric clings to the steelwork near the ceiling. The air looks heavy, full of dust and damp.

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.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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