Reflective

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
14mm · f/8.0 · 1/40 · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Two recliner chairs left in a room at Kenmore, Goulburn NSW, one angled toward the window. The complex has been largely vacant since the Commonwealth sale in 2003.

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Reflective at The Asylum, two recliner chairs sit angled toward a tall multi-pane window.Reflective at The Asylum, two recliner chairs sit angled toward a tall multi-pane window.Reflective at The Asylum, two recliner chairs sit angled toward a tall multi-pane window.Reflective at The Asylum, two recliner chairs sit angled toward a tall multi-pane window.Reflective at The Asylum, two recliner chairs sit angled toward a tall multi-pane window.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Reflective
Series
Kenmore Asylum
Catalogue
KAS-048
Process
Giclée
Captured
1 March 2020
Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/40 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
Recognised by
Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
02 LOCATION

New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

Two recliner chairs are left in a room at Kenmore. One is angled toward the window, the other set against the far wall. The chairs are upholstered, the fabric faded. The floor is timber boards. The walls are painted plaster. A single window admits daylight across the chair angled to face it.

The complex has been largely vacant since the Commonwealth sale in 2003. Kenmore opened in 1895 as the first purpose-built complete complex for mental health care in rural NSW, designed by Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect. Fittings in the residential rooms have been removed in successive clearances since the sale; what remains has been left in place. The site was added to the NSW State Heritage Register on 1 April 2005, item 2930022.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Two recliner chairs sit angled toward a tall multi-pane window. Afternoon light falls across worn upholstery, one chair olive, the other a faded coral. The footrest on the nearest recliner hangs open. Ivy presses against the outside glass. Plaster walls are scuffed and gouged, the concrete floor scattered with debris and a crumpled cloth. A small cast-iron radiator lines the wall beneath the sill. The room is still. Damp air and dust.

Brett Patman

Kenmore Asylum

The series

Kenmore Asylum

2020 · 74 photographs

Frederic Norton Manning, NSW Inspector-General of the Insane, acquired 340.5 acres on Taralga Road, Goulburn, for £1,252 in October 1879. Walter Liberty Vernon, the first NSW Government Architect, designed the asylum complex. Kenmore opened in 1895 with capacity for 700 patients across 19 wards.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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