Refinery orbit

Refinery orbit. 2023.

Seen from above, the refinery tank becomes less an object and more a drawing on the ground. The rust ring and oil stains pull the eye inward like a strange eclipse, while the gantry slices across the circle and reminds you this is a working site, not a diagram. At the top edge, the straight line of the road and a lone white ute give the scale away, a thin strip of everyday movement skimming the edge of this quiet, heavy geometry.

10.26 mm • 1/640 sec • f/6.3 • ISO 100.