Paint

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Settings: 105mm · f/9.0 · 2s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A row of Montana Black 400ml spray cans balanced on a yellow steel beam. Caps in purple, orange, teal, and red. Graffiti-covered walls fill the background. Concrete floor below.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Paint
Series: Bradmill Denim
Catalogue: BDE-019
Process: Giclée
Captured: 18 March 2012
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Aperture: f/9.0
Shutter: 2s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 105 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

A row of Montana Black 400 ml spray cans balances on a yellow steel beam at Bradmill, Yarraville. The caps are in purple, orange, teal, and red. Graffiti-covered walls fill the background of the frame. The concrete floor below is scuffed with paint splatter. The cans were left by whoever was working on the wall behind, mid-piece or between sessions.

Heavy interior graffiti accumulated at Bradmill across the around-two-decade dormant period that followed the early-2000s receivership and around-2002 shutdown. The site became one of the most-documented abandoned industrial buildings in Australia through the 2010s, photographed and painted by successive generations of access. The site is currently being redeveloped as Bradmill Yarraville by Frasers Property Australia and Irongate.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Montana Black 400ml cans lined up on a concrete ledge, labels spattered and worn. Purple, blue, red, orange. Paint residue coats the steel bodies in colours that don't match their caps. Behind them, a graffiti-covered wall catches filtered light through corrugated sheeting. The concrete floor is grey with dust and grit. The air in here smells like solvent and damp brick.

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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