looking back
The perspective of the Bowden Archives and Industrial Modernity project was a looking back on a form of life that was fading away in the present and in the process of becoming a history that was disappearing and being forgotten. … Read More
Tableland Rd
I recently unearthed a few more 6×6 negatives in the archive from the Tableland Rd series in the eastern Mt Lofty Ranges that were made in the 1980s.
near Robertson
The historical industrial heartland of South Australia was the Upper Spence Gulf or the Iron Triangle as it was known in the mid-to late 20th century. The region was semi-arid and the existence of the industrial towns of Port Pirie, … Read More
Archives: Osborne Power Station
Whilst I was going through my large format archives I came across a black and white industrial topographical photo of the old Osbourne Power Station and the Penrice Soda Products plant. I’d forgotten all about it, even though I had … Read More
Archives: foundry
I recently scanned some more Bowden negatives. They are supplementary in the sense that they were rejected on my initial selection for some reason. An example is this image of the Adelaide Brass Castings factory,