Operating Table

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/5 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A surgical theatre at Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic. An adjustable operating table sits beneath a multi-lens overhead lamp. Stainless steel instrument trays line the floor. White mosaic tiles cover the walls. Medical equipment remains where it was left.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Operating Table
Series: Kuwashima Hospital
Catalogue: KHO-016
Process: Giclée
Captured: 29 May 2016
Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/5 s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: National Trust of Australia (NSW), 2016 Heritage Award, Multimedia

02 LOCATION

Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A surgical theatre at Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic. An adjustable operating table sits beneath a multi-lens overhead lamp suspended from the ceiling. Stainless steel instrument trays line the floor around the table. The walls are clad in small-format white mosaic tiles. Medical equipment remains in place around the table, set where it was last used.

Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic is in Yubari, southern Hokkaido. The hospital was a regional medical facility with orthopaedic and post-surgical rehabilitation among its services. Yubari's population peaked at over 100,000 in the 1960s during the coal mining boom and collapsed below 10,000 over the following decades as successive mines closed. The hospital was abandoned at some point in that arc, the working fittings left in place.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A seven-lamp surgical light hangs over the operating table at the centre of the room. Grey dust coats the vinyl surface. A plaster cast saw sits where a patient's torso would have been. Instrument trays lie open on the mosaic tile floor, their contents scattered and oxidised. Stainless steel trolleys crowd the walls. White square tiles run from floor to ceiling, discoloured at the grout lines. Flat light enters through frosted windows, catching the grime on every surface.

Brett Patman

The series

Kuwashima Hospital

2016 · 26 photographs

Kuwashima Hospital sits in Yubari, on the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan. The town's population peaked above one hundred thousand in the 1960s and has since fallen below seven thousand. The hospital is abandoned.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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