Grease Gun

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
24mm · f/8.0 · 5s · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Rust blooms on a discarded grease gun, its nozzle crusted with grime. It lies forgotten amongst the silent machinery of Sundell Holden, an abandoned automotive workshop in rural Australia.

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Grease Gun at Sundell Holden, an old grease gun reel left in a waste oil area.Grease Gun at Sundell Holden, an old grease gun reel left in a waste oil area.Grease Gun at Sundell Holden, an old grease gun reel left in a waste oil area.Grease Gun at Sundell Holden, an old grease gun reel left in a waste oil area.Grease Gun at Sundell Holden, an old grease gun reel left in a waste oil area.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Grease Gun
Series
Graffiti & Urban Decay
Catalogue
GUD-010
Process
Giclée
Captured
8 November 2015
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
5s s
ISO
100
Focal length
24 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Location
Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
Recognised by
National Trust of Australia (NSW), 2016 Heritage Award, Multimedia
02 LOCATION

Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia

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04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

An old grease gun reel left in a waste oil area.

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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