Bath

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 0.6s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A solitary bath sits within the derelict Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic. Rust stains the porcelain basin. Grime coats the surrounding tiles. This once-bustling medical facility now lies abandoned.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Bath
Series: Kuwashima Hospital
Catalogue: KHO-001
Process: Giclée
Captured: 29 May 2016
Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 0.6s 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 solitary porcelain bath sits inside Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic, Yubari. The basin is rust-stained where water sat in the years after the building was last used. The tiles around the bath are gridded ceramic in a small format, the grout darkened with mould through patches of damp. The taps are mounted to the wall above the basin, the fittings still in place but no longer connected.

Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic is in Yubari, in southern Hokkaido. The city's population peaked at over 100,000 in the 1960s during the local coal mining boom and collapsed below 10,000 over the following decades as successive mines closed and the working population left. The hospital was closed at some point in that arc; the exact dates are not in the public record. The building has since stood disused.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A stainless steel hydrotherapy bath sits recessed into a tiled platform. Green mould bleeds down the white wall tiles behind it, thickest where moisture has settled longest. A heavy blanket, likely medical grade, drapes over the chrome grab rail and a small mechanical unit beside the tub. The fabric is stained green and black, fused to the surfaces beneath it. Small mosaic floor tiles carry the same biological film. Two chrome taps remain mounted to the wall. The bath holds no water. The air in here is damp and close.

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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