Air Compressor

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
42mm · f/8.0 · 1/25 · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A rotary air compressor sits against a rough stone cutting at Hornsby Quarry. Pipes trail across broken ground. A rusted ladder leans nearby. Graffiti marks the cooling unit. Vegetation pushes through the gravel.

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Air Compressor at Hornsby Quarry, used to provide pressurised air for operation of equipment within the plant.Air Compressor at Hornsby Quarry, used to provide pressurised air for operation of equipment within the plant.Air Compressor at Hornsby Quarry, used to provide pressurised air for operation of equipment within the plant.Air Compressor at Hornsby Quarry, used to provide pressurised air for operation of equipment within the plant.Air Compressor at Hornsby Quarry, used to provide pressurised air for operation of equipment within the plant.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Air Compressor
Series
Graffiti & Urban Decay
Catalogue
GUD-001
Process
Giclée
Captured
7 November 2015
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/25 s
ISO
100
Focal length
42 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Location
Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia
Recognised by
Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
02 LOCATION

Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia

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04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Used to provide pressurised air for operation of equipment within the plant.

Brett Patman

Graffiti & Urban Decay

The series

Graffiti & Urban Decay

54 photographs

Buildings don't stay empty. Once the owners leave, somebody else arrives. Walls that were blank become a record of who came through and when. Graffiti isn't vandalism on these surfaces , it's the only remaining evidence that anyone cared enough to be here.Urban spaces mid-collapse. The gap between what a building was built for and what it became.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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