Reflections

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

A grand sandstone building from Callan Park's former psychiatric hospital era reflects in calm water. Established in 1878, its imposing structure speaks of a complex past in Rozelle, Sydney.

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Print datasheet

Title: Reflections
Series: Callan Park
Catalogue: CPA-040
Process: Giclée
Captured: 29 October 2015
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified →
Recognised by: National Trust of Australia (NSW), 2016 Heritage Award, Multimedia

Where this was photographed

Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia

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About this print

A grand sandstone building of the Kirkbride Complex at Callan Park reflects in the calm water of the Iron Cove foreshore. The stonework is Victorian sandstone, the pavilion architecture of the original design visible in the sequence of windows along the wall. The covered veranda runs the length of the building at ground level. The water in front of the building is still.

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 Frederick 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.

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

The series

Callan Park

2016–2018 · 66 photographs

Callan Park opened in 1885 as the Callan Park Hospital for the Insane, on land at Rozelle in Sydney's Inner West. The Kirkbride Complex was designed by colonial architect James Barnet and superintendent Frederick Norton Manning, intended as a working example of the more progressive psychiatric care principles of the period. The hospital was reorganised through the twentieth century and many of the wards remain. Brett photographed across multiple visits between 2016 and 2018.

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