Prep Kitchen

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 21mm · f/8.0 · 0.3s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Stainless steel benches run the length of the prep kitchen at Callan Park Hospital. A commercial oven sits centred beneath curved clerestory windows. Teal cabinetry lines the walls. Vinyl floor tiles. A ceiling fan. No movement.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Prep Kitchen
Series: Callan Park
Catalogue: CPA-037
Process: Giclée
Captured: 29 October 2015
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 0.3s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 21 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

Stainless steel benches run the length of the prep kitchen at Callan Park. A commercial oven sits centred beneath curved clerestory windows on the outer wall. Teal cabinetry lines the walls. The floor is vinyl tile, scuffed at the working positions. A ceiling fan hangs still above the room. The fittings have been left in place since the building was last used.

Callan Park's catering supported a patient population that peaked at 1,500 by 1930. The Kirkbride Complex was Australia's first purpose-built hospital for moral therapy, with kitchens and service spaces sized for the residential needs of the working hospital. The site merged with Broughton Hall to form Rozelle Hospital in 1976 and closed on 30 April 2008.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Stainless steel benchtops line three walls of an institutional kitchen. A commercial warming unit sits centre, its drawers pulled half open. Pale green cupboards hang above the counters, their metal faces smudged with grime. A curved bank of louvre windows floods the room with flat afternoon light. Tiled floor, small square format, discoloured and dull. A ceiling fan hangs still. A fire blanket sign on the far wall. Nothing cooking. No smell but cold steel and dust.

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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