Shower Area

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/80 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Within the Kirkbride Block at Callan Park, a derelict shower area stands. Peeling paint and corroded pipes show years of neglect, a stark reminder of its past as a mental health facility.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Shower Area
Series: Callan Park
Catalogue: CPA-049
Process: Giclée
Captured: 29 October 2015
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/80 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

A shower area within the Kirkbride Complex at Callan Park. The walls are tiled to dado height in small-format ceramic, the tiles cracked and stained across patches. The plumbing is rusted at the taps and drains. Peeling paint covers the walls above the tile line. The fittings of the working ablution block remain in place; the function has long ended.

The Kirkbride Complex at Callan Park was built between 1880 and 1884 to a design by James Barnet and Frederick Norton Manning. The complex was Australia's first purpose-built hospital for moral therapy, with ten ward blocks (five male, five female) plus official buildings arranged on a main cross axis. The site continued as Rozelle Hospital from 1976 until full closure on 30 April 2008.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Three louvre windows line the tiled wall, frosted glass diffusing a flat grey light across the room. A circular exhaust fan sits mounted in the upper pane of the first window. Below each window, cast-iron column radiators stand on copper pipes, their surfaces oxidised to a deep brown. The floor is bare hardwood, scuffed and scratched, reflecting the cold light. White square tiles run from floor to ceiling. Electrical conduit traces the wall between fittings.

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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