Kitchen And Dining Room at Kuwashima Hospital, a kitchen table sits centre-room, covered in a checked cloth gone grey.
Kitchen And Dining Room at Kuwashima Hospital, a kitchen table sits centre-room, covered in a checked cloth gone grey.

Kitchen And Dining Room

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

The abandoned kitchen and dining room at Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic. Rust claims the metal sink. Peeling paint exposes forgotten colours on the walls. Dust settles heavily on empty tables.

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Kitchen And Dining Room at Kuwashima Hospital, a kitchen table sits centre-room, covered in a checked cloth gone grey.Kitchen And Dining Room at Kuwashima Hospital, a kitchen table sits centre-room, covered in a checked cloth gone grey.Kitchen And Dining Room at Kuwashima Hospital, a kitchen table sits centre-room, covered in a checked cloth gone grey.Kitchen And Dining Room at Kuwashima Hospital, a kitchen table sits centre-room, covered in a checked cloth gone grey.Kitchen And Dining Room at Kuwashima Hospital, a kitchen table sits centre-room, covered in a checked cloth gone grey.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Kitchen And Dining Room
Series
Kuwashima Hospital
Catalogue
KHO-012
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
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

The kitchen and dining room at Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic. The kitchen sink is at one end of the room, the steel rusted around the drain and at the tap fittings. Tables and chairs are arranged across the dining floor, the surfaces dust-covered. The walls are painted in faded institutional colours, the paint peeling in patches. The room served staff and patients across the working life of the hospital.

Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic is in Yubari, southern Hokkaido. Yubari's population peaked at over 100,000 in the 1960s during the coal mining boom and fell below 10,000 after the mines closed. The hospital is one of several abandoned buildings in Yubari that document the city's post-coal contraction. The building has stood disused since closure, the working fittings left in place.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A kitchen table sits centre-room, covered in a checked cloth gone grey with dust. A Noritake cardboard box and a single plate rest on top. Vinyl floor tiles buckle and crack underfoot, curling away from the concrete beneath. Plaster has fallen from the walls in wide patches, exposing damp render. A rice cooker and gas burner line the back bench. A fire extinguisher stands by the far wall. Frosted windows let in flat, cold light.

Brett Patman

Kuwashima Hospital

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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07 MORE FROM KUWASHIMA HOSPITAL

25 other prints in this series

All prints
Operating Table at Kuwashima Hospital, a seven-lamp surgical light hangs over the operating table at the centre of the room.
Operating Table $100.00
Reflection at Kuwashima Hospital, a lone hospital trolley stands motionless, its rusted frame reflected in the still water.
Reflection $100.00
Xray Machine at Kuwashima Hospital, a blue lead apron lies across the X-ray examination table, still draped as though.
Xray Machine $100.00
Stamps at Kuwashima Hospital, a metal stamp box sits open on a concrete windowsill.
Stamps $100.00
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