Caleb Was Here
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
A hospital corridor at Waterfall Sanatorium stretches toward broken daylight. A medical gurney sits abandoned to the right. The ceiling has partially collapsed. Graffiti covers the concrete walls. Standing water reflects the doorframes ahead.
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Print datasheet
- Title
- Caleb Was Here
- Series
- Waterfall Sanatorium
- Catalogue
- WSA-007
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 24 June 2018
- 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
- Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia
- Authenticity
- C2PA verified provenance →
- Recognised by
- Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
About this print
A corridor runs deep into the ward. Salmon-pink columns line the left wall. Ceiling panels sag and buckle where water has pooled above them. A hospital bed sits mid-hallway, its white frame smeared with grime. Standing water covers sections of the floor, reflecting dull light from a doorway at the far end. Graffiti covers the concrete walls. A crumpled tarpaulin lies on the ground near the entrance. The air looks thick and damp.
Brett Patman
The series
Waterfall Sanatorium
The first patients arrived at the Hospital for Consumptives, Waterfall on 14 April 1909, with initial provision for 180 men. A women's wing opened in May 1912 for 120; by 1919 it had become the largest sanatorium in New South Wales, holding 788 patients. The site sat at about 1,000 feet (305 m), 26 miles (42 km) south of Sydney, on the medical theory that tuberculosis needed 'high and rarefied atmosphere in the country away from the grime and pollution of cities'.
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