Light streaks across the polished floor of a corridor deep within the Kirkbride Block at Callan Park, pulling the eye toward an open doorway and the bright, tiled room beyond.
Light streaks across the polished floor of a corridor deep within the Kirkbride Block at Callan Park, pulling the eye toward an open doorway and the bright, tiled room beyond.

Reflections

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
14mm · f/8.0 · 1s · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Light streaks across the polished floor of a corridor deep within the Kirkbride Block at Callan Park, pulling the eye toward an open doorway and the bright, tiled room beyond. Frosted and clear windows line the far wall of that inner room. Dark green paintwork on a door to the left holds its reflection in the glossy floor below.

Edition
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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Reflections
Series
Callan Park
Catalogue
CPA-040
Process
Giclée
Captured
29 October 2015
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1s 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

Light streaks across the polished floor of a corridor deep within the Kirkbride Block at Callan Park, pulling the eye toward an open doorway and the bright, tiled room beyond. Frosted and clear windows line the far wall of that inner room. Dark green paintwork on a door to the left holds its reflection in the glossy floor below.

Callan Park was proclaimed as a separate institution on 1 August 1878. The Kirkbride Complex was built between 1880 and 1884 to a design by Colonial Architect James Barnet and Inspector General of the Insane Frederic Norton Manning, modelled on the Chartham Down Hospital in Kent. The complex was Australia's first purpose-built hospital for moral therapy. The site is now public parkland.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A corridor lined with glazed ceramic tiles curves gently to the right. The floor is polished smooth, still reflective enough to catch the weak daylight pressing through a doorway at the far end. A heavy door stands open against the tiled wall. Staining runs down the grout lines in dark streaks. The ceiling is low. The air looks damp and still.

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

Print sizes

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07 MORE FROM CALLAN PARK

92 other prints in this series

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Entertainment Room at Callan Park, a curved wall of louvre and casement windows wraps around the room in a wide semicircle.
Entertainment Room$100.00
Rehabilitation Rooms at Callan Park, you can see the old wire mesh windows and a beautiful brightly lit Jacaranda out.
Rehabilitation Rooms$100.00
Horizontal blinds on a tall, narrow window at Callan Park break the incoming daylight into even bars across the floor.
Backlit Blind$100.00
Sunlight streams through the windows of a disused clinic at Callan Park. The door marked Clinic hangs ajar, its dark timber stained and worn.
Clinic$100.00
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