Chemical Storage

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/9.0 · 1.6s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Shelves of product bottles line the left wall of a small hospital room at Kuwashima. Window frames lean against the shelving. A steel chair and desk sit to the right. The floor is buried under collapsed ceiling plaster and debris.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Chemical Storage
Series: Kuwashima Hospital
Catalogue: KHO-004
Process: Giclée
Captured: 29 May 2016
Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/9.0
Shutter: 1.6s 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: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan

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03 THE STORY

About this print

Shelves of product bottles line the left wall of a small room at Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic. Window frames lean against the shelving, removed from their original positions in the wall at some point and stacked. A steel chair and a desk sit to the right of the room. Collapsed ceiling plaster and debris cover the floor across the width of the space.

Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic is in Yubari, southern Hokkaido, a city that contracted from over 100,000 residents in the 1960s to below 10,000 today following the closure of the coal mines that supported its working economy. It was a private specialist orthopaedic clinic, and the rooms still hold orthopaedic and rehabilitation equipment. The building has stood disused since closure, with the rooms left as they were last used.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A glass-fronted cabinet lines the left wall, its sliding panels removed and leaned against the shelves. Bottles of blue and green liquid sit undisturbed on the upper shelf. Across the narrow corridor, a vinyl office chair faces a metal examination table. The floor is layered with broken ceiling tiles, plaster fragments, and shattered glass. Damp staining darkens the walls. Overhead, fabric ceiling panels sag and peel away. Weak light enters through a window at the far end of the hallway.

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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