Upstairs Ward
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D850
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 14mm · f/8.0 · 3s · ISO 100
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Inside an upstairs ward, part of the deserted Female Ward 9 & 10, a quiet stillness hangs in the air. Sunlight slices through broken windowpanes, illuminating a floor thick with dust and debris.
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Print datasheet
- Title
- Upstairs Ward
- Series
- Callan Park
- Catalogue
- CPA-026
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 1 March 2019
- Camera
- NIKON D850
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Aperture
- f/8.0
- Shutter
- 3s 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
Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia
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Paint peels from every surface in wide, brittle curls. Pale blue on the left wall. Cream and salmon pink on the right. The ceiling has collapsed in one section, exposing timber lath beneath. Flakes of paint and plaster cover the concrete floor like dry snow. Two panelled doors stand closed on the right. A third, left ajar, opens into another room where a single chair sits in flat light. Boarded windows filter a dull glow through the corridor.
Brett Patman
The series
Callan Park
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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