Flaky

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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

Paint peels from every surface of this ward room at Waterfall Sanatorium. A corroded wall heater sits against the left wall. A shallow puddle reflects light on the debris-covered floor. Graffiti covers the plaster.

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Flaky at Waterfall Sanatorium, paint curls away from every surface in thick, brittle sheets.Flaky at Waterfall Sanatorium, paint curls away from every surface in thick, brittle sheets.Flaky at Waterfall Sanatorium, paint curls away from every surface in thick, brittle sheets.Flaky at Waterfall Sanatorium, paint curls away from every surface in thick, brittle sheets.Flaky at Waterfall Sanatorium, paint curls away from every surface in thick, brittle sheets.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Flaky
Series
Waterfall Sanatorium
Catalogue
WSA-023
Process
Giclée
Captured
24 June 2018
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
Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia
Recognised by
Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
03 THE STORY

About this print

Paint peels from every surface of a ward room at Waterfall Sanatorium. A corroded wall heater sits against the left wall, the fittings still attached but the casing rusted through. A shallow puddle on the debris-covered floor reflects the light entering from the window. Graffiti covers the plaster of the back wall.

Waterfall opened on 14 April 1909 as the Hospital for Consumptives, NSW. The sanatorium treated advanced and chronic tuberculosis and was the largest TB facility in NSW by 1919, with 788 patients. It closed in 1958 when antibiotics changed treatment. The older ward buildings have stood largely disused since; successive generations of access have left graffiti and accumulated decay across the rooms.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Paint curls away from every surface in thick, brittle sheets. The floor is a carpet of fallen plaster, wet in places where water pools through a hole near the centre of the room. A rusted steel radiator sits against the left wall. Opposite, a collapsed timber shelf hangs at an angle above white tiles. Graffiti marks both walls. Through the doorway, ceiling panels sag and daylight presses through sheer curtains still clinging to the window frame.

Brett Patman

Waterfall Sanatorium

The series

Waterfall Sanatorium

2016–2018 · 54 photographs

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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