Help

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
14mm · f/8.0 · 2s · ISO 800
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The word "Help" is scrawled across a decaying wall inside Female Ward 9 & 10. Peeling paint and grimy surfaces mark this abandoned section of a former institution.

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Help at Female Ward 9 & 10, three open doors in a heavily decayed room of the Callan Park Female Ward.Help at Female Ward 9 & 10, three open doors in a heavily decayed room of the Callan Park Female Ward.Help at Female Ward 9 & 10, three open doors in a heavily decayed room of the Callan Park Female Ward.Help at Female Ward 9 & 10, three open doors in a heavily decayed room of the Callan Park Female Ward.Help at Female Ward 9 & 10, three open doors in a heavily decayed room of the Callan Park Female Ward.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Help
Series
Callan Park
Catalogue
CPA-014
Process
Giclée
Captured
1 March 2019
Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
2s s
ISO
800
Focal length
14 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Location
Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia
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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04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Three open doors in a heavily decayed room of the Callan Park Female Ward.

Brett Patman

Callan Park

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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