Communal Room
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D850
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/4 · ISO 100
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
A ward-level gathering room at Waterfall Sanatorium. Concrete ceiling. Red-trimmed windows line both walls. Graffiti covers every surface. Two mid-century armchairs remain on the right. Paint tins and debris scatter the floor.
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Print datasheet
- Title
- Communal Room
- Series
- Waterfall Sanatorium
- Catalogue
- WSA-010
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 24 June 2018
- Camera
- NIKON D850
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Aperture
- f/8.0
- Shutter
- 1/4 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 wide communal room stripped bare. Concrete floor, grey and gritty, marked with spray paint. Red and black graffiti covers every wall, layered over flaking white plaster. Timber-framed windows line both sides, some boarded, others letting in flat afternoon light. Three upholstered chairs sit against the far wall, their fabric stained but intact. A green exit sign hangs above the doorway at the centre. Fluorescent fittings cling to the ceiling. No bulbs remain.
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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