Laundry

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/2 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A room at Waterfall Sanatorium with red bubble-letter graffiti across the rear wall and a light blue armchair beneath the window. A red mat lies on the grime-covered floor beside scattered rubble, and exposed brickwork and broken tiles line the right wall.

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In situ

Laundry at Waterfall Sanatorium, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Laundry at Waterfall Sanatorium, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Laundry at Waterfall Sanatorium, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Laundry
Series: Waterfall Sanatorium
Catalogue: WSA-027
Process: Giclée
Captured: 24 June 2018
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/2 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

02 LOCATION

Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A room at Waterfall Sanatorium. Red bubble-letter graffiti runs across the rear wall and a light blue armchair sits beneath the window. A red mat lies on the grime-covered floor beside scattered rubble. Exposed brickwork and broken tiles line the right wall.

Waterfall opened on 14 April 1909 as the Hospital for Consumptives, NSW. The sanatorium held 788 patients at peak in 1919, the largest TB facility in NSW. The hospital was renamed Waterfall Sanatorium around 1912 and closed in 1958 when antibiotic therapy made the isolation model unnecessary. The room sits within the older fabric of the site.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A blue vinyl chair sits beneath a window in a narrow room. Red spray paint covers the far wall in bubble letters. Paint peels from every surface in thick curls, exposing plaster and bare render underneath. PVC pipes run along the walls where fixtures have been ripped out. A red cushion lies on the wet concrete floor beside scattered debris. Green algae blooms where water pools. White tiles remain on the right wall, half intact. The air here smells of damp and mould.

Brett Patman

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

Print sizes

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