Open Door

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 4s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Bold lettering on the central fire door reads Smoke door, do not obstruct, the instruction still legible against the pale surface. Two-toned walls run the length of the corridor at Callan Park, dark teal below and blue-grey above. Open doorways draw light from unseen rooms into the dim hallway. The hospital closed in 2008.

Edition

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In situ

Open Door at Callan Park, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Open Door at Callan Park, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Open Door at Callan Park, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Open Door
Series: Callan Park
Catalogue: CPA-033
Process: Giclée
Captured: 29 October 2015
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 4s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 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

Bold lettering on the central fire door at Callan Park reads Smoke door, do not obstruct, the instruction still legible against the pale surface. Two-toned walls run the length of the corridor, dark teal below and blue-grey above. Open doorways draw light from unseen rooms into the dim hallway.

Callan Park merged with Broughton Hall to form Rozelle Hospital in 1976. Full hospital closure followed on 30 April 2008, when remaining patients were transferred to Concord Hospital. The hospital had operated continuously since 1 August 1878. The site is now public parkland managed by Greater Sydney Parklands and is protected by the Callan Park (Special Provisions) Act 2002.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Bold lettering on the central fire door reads Smoke door, do not obstruct, the instruction still legible against the pale surface.

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

Print sizes

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