Shower

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 21mm · f/8.0 · 1s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

White ceramic tiles line the walls of an ablution block at Callan Park. A speckled grey partition divides the open shower space. Steel grab rails remain fixed to the walls. Slatted floor grates run across the room.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Shower
Series: Callan Park
Catalogue: CPA-048
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: 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

White ceramic tiles line the walls of an ablution block at Callan Park. A speckled grey partition divides the open shower space across the room. Steel grab rails remain fixed to the walls of the shower area. Slatted floor grates run across the wet area. The tile work is intact across most of the room; the partition has lost paint at the lower edges.

Callan Park was Australia's first purpose-built hospital for moral therapy. The Kirkbride Complex was built between 1880 and 1884 by Colonial Architect James Barnet and Inspector General of the Insane Frederick Norton Manning, with ten ward blocks linked by a continuous covered veranda. The hospital merged with Broughton Hall to form Rozelle Hospital in 1976 and closed on 30 April 2008.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

White ceramic tiles line the walls of a communal shower block. A curved terrazzo partition separates the stalls, its speckled surface worn smooth. Black rubber strips run in parallel lines across the floor, laid over concrete for drainage and grip. A stainless steel panel covers the lower half of the far wall. Green foliage presses against louvre windows near the ceiling. The light is flat, diffused. The air smells of damp render and old grout.

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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