Showers
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 24mm · f/4.0 · 1/13 · ISO 250
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Provenance
Water-stained shower stalls stand silent within the abandoned O I Glass factory. Peeling paint and grimy tiles show years of neglect, a relic of past shift workers.
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.
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In situ
Print datasheet
- Title
- Showers
- Series
- O-I Glass
- Catalogue
- OIG-014
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 18 December 2011
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
- Paper size
- 290 × 200 mm
- Location
- Thomastown, Victoria, Australia
Where this was photographed
Thomastown, Victoria, Australia
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From the field notes
Terrazzo partitions divide the shower block into narrow stalls. Light presses through a strip of clerestory windows, falling across the speckled stone surfaces. The far wall carries white tiles smeared with dark scuff marks and grime. Ceiling panels sag. An exhaust fan sits dead in its housing. Timber and debris litter the floor in the foreground, damp and heavy.
— Brett Patman
The series
O-I Glass
O-I Glass at Spotswood was the original Melbourne Glass Bottle Works -- the foundation site of glass-bottle manufacturing in Australia and New Zealand. Felton & Grimwade started the Melbourne Glass Bottle Co in Graham Street, South Melbourne, in 1872, then relocated to Spotswood in 1890. By 1908 it was the largest bottle producer in Victoria. The operation amalgamated into Australian Glass Manufacturers (AGM) in 1916, renamed Australian Consolidated Industries (ACI) in 1939, and was acquired by Owens-Illinois (O-I) in 1998 when the multinational bought ACI Packaging from BTR plc. Glass was produced on the site for over a century. The plant was substantially shut down by 1997, the rail siding to Koala Siding ceased operating in 1998, and the buildings were demolished around 2012. The Lost Collective photographs are from the abandoned period before the demolition.
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Print sizes.
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