Doctors Office

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1.6s · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A doctor's office at Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic sits derelict. Dust coats medical files and forgotten equipment. Light filters through a grimy window, revealing the silent decay of this abandoned Japanese facility.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Doctors Office
Series: Kuwashima Hospital
Catalogue: KHO-006
Process: Giclée
Captured: 29 May 2016
Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
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

A doctor's office at Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic, Yubari. A desk sits along one wall, the working surface stained where files and equipment once stood. A chair is pulled up to the desk. Medical files and forgotten equipment lie across the floor, the papers yellowed and the equipment covered in dust. Light enters through a grimy window on the outer wall and falls across the desk surface.

Kuwashima was a regional medical facility in Yubari, southern Hokkaido, with orthopaedic and post-surgical rehabilitation among its services. The city's population fell from over 100,000 at the 1960s coal-boom peak to below 10,000 in the decades since the mines closed. The hospital was closed at some point in that contraction. The interior has stood largely undisturbed in the years since.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A dark blue vinyl couch sits against the far wall, its surface covered in a fine grey dust. A coffee table holds a glass ashtray, documents, and a lace doily gone stiff with grime. Behind it, a desk chair carries a visible paw print pressed into the fabric. Filing trays, binders, and plastic drawer units crowd the desk. Curtains sag from their rails, stained with mould. Pale light filters through bent venetian blinds. A Persian rug on the floor has begun to rot at the edges.

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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