Hall of Shadows

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 0.8s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A dark corridor lined with patient rooms on both sides at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW. The complex was designed for 700 patients across 19 wards at opening in 1895 and held over 1,400 at its 1960s peak.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Hall of Shadows
Series: Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue: KAS-024
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 March 2020
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 0.8s s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: National Trust of Australia (NSW), 2016 Heritage Award, Multimedia

02 LOCATION

New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A dark corridor at Kenmore, lined with patient rooms on both sides. The doors stand at regular intervals along the run, all of them closed. The floor is timber boards, the walls painted plaster, the ceiling pressed metal. A single window at the far end of the corridor admits a thin shaft of daylight that runs the length of the floor. The shadow holds across most of the passage.

Kenmore opened in 1895 with capacity for 700 patients across 19 wards, the first purpose-built complete complex for mental health care in rural NSW. By the 1960s the hospital held over 1,400 patients, twice the original design capacity. The ward corridors carry the proportions of the original design. The Commonwealth sold the property in 2003 and the NSW State Heritage Register listing followed on 1 April 2005, item 2930022. The State Heritage listing remains active.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A narrow corridor stretches deep into the building. Green-grey walls rise on both sides, their plaster surfaces stained and scuffed bare. Doors hang open along the right wall. Debris and fine dust cover the floor. At the far end, a single window throws pale light back down the length of the hall. The air looks thick and still.

Brett Patman

The series

Kenmore Asylum

2020 · 74 photographs

Kenmore Asylum opened on Taralga Road, Goulburn, in 1895 as the first purpose-built complete mental health complex in rural New South Wales. The site was acquired in 1879 under the same Inspector-General who initiated Callan Park. The hospital closed around 2003 and was listed on the NSW State Heritage Register in 2005.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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