Indoor Plants

Provenance

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

A covered walkway along a ward building at Waterfall Sanatorium, plants pushing through into the corridor. Red-painted timber door frames and window joinery line the right side. The green fibreboard ceiling sags and peels in sheets. Waterfall closed as a TB sanatorium in 1958.

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Indoor Plants at Waterfall Sanatorium, a covered walkway runs along the brick facade of a ward building.Indoor Plants at Waterfall Sanatorium, a covered walkway runs along the brick facade of a ward building.Indoor Plants at Waterfall Sanatorium, a covered walkway runs along the brick facade of a ward building.Indoor Plants at Waterfall Sanatorium, a covered walkway runs along the brick facade of a ward building.Indoor Plants at Waterfall Sanatorium, a covered walkway runs along the brick facade of a ward building.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Indoor Plants
Series
Waterfall Sanatorium
Catalogue
WSA-026
Process
Giclée
Captured
24 June 2018
Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/100 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

A covered walkway runs along the brick facade of a ward building at Waterfall Sanatorium. Red-painted timber door frames and window joinery line the right side of the corridor. The green fibreboard ceiling sags and peels in broad sheets above the walkway. Plants have pushed in through openings in the cladding and grow across the corridor.

Waterfall opened on 14 April 1909 as the Hospital for Consumptives and was renamed Waterfall Sanatorium around 1912. The hospital held 788 patients by 1919, the largest TB facility in NSW. It closed as a sanatorium in 1958. The site continued as Garrawarra Hospital and now operates as the Garrawarra Centre for the Aged; the older sanatorium buildings have stood largely disused since the 1958 closure.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A covered walkway runs along the brick facade of a ward building. Red-painted timber door frames and window joinery line the right side. The green fibreboard ceiling sags and peels in broad sheets. Broken glass litters the concrete floor beneath smashed windows. Graffiti marks the door and brickwork. Dead scrub has taken root where the walkway meets the ground, dry stems catching winter light that falls through bare trees beyond the glazing.

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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05 SIZE GUIDE

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