Backlit Blind

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 18mm · f/8.0 · 0.6s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A tattered blind hangs in a derelict ward at Callan Park, illuminated by the sun. This former psychiatric hospital in Sydney closed its doors in 2008, leaving behind its decaying structures.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Backlit Blind
Series: Callan Park
Catalogue: CPA-002
Process: Giclée
Captured: 29 October 2015
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 0.6s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 18 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A tattered blind hangs in a ward at Callan Park, the fabric backlit by daylight from the window behind it. The blind is split through the lower section, the slats hanging at angles where the cords have given way. The room around the window is empty, the walls plastered and painted, the paint peeling in patches. Light enters through the gaps in the blind and falls across the floor.

Callan Park Hospital for the Insane was proclaimed as a separate institution from Gladesville on 1 August 1878. The site, on the Iron Cove foreshore at Lilyfield, was selected by Colonial Architect James Barnet for its winter sun and summer breezes. The hospital merged with Broughton Hall to form Rozelle Hospital in 1976. Full hospital closure followed on 30 April 2008. The site is now public parkland managed by Greater Sydney Parklands.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A tall window fills the centre of the frame, venetian blinds drawn closed but glowing with diffused daylight. The light spills across a polished concrete floor, pooling white at the base. Two-tone walls flank the window. The lower half is painted a darker grey-green, the upper half lighter, both surfaces mottled and stained. Small switch plates sit on either side. A narrow pipe runs along the skirting. The room is bare. The air looks still and cold.

Brett Patman

The series

Callan Park

2016–2018 · 93 photographs

Dr Frederic Norton Manning rejected the asylum as 'a cemetery for deceased intellects'. In 1876 he toured asylums in England, France, Germany and the United States, returning with drawings of Chartham Down Hospital in Kent. Working with Colonial Architect James Barnet and Botanic Gardens director Charles Moore, he built Australia's first hospital purpose-built for moral therapy treatment on the Iron Cove foreshore.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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