Shower

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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Print datasheet

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

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.

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 · 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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