Stamps

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 48mm · f/2.8 · 1/250 · ISO 1600
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A collection of forgotten stamps rests on a grimy surface within Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic. Their paper edges curl, showing decay in the abandoned structure. Each stamp holds a fragment of a past now lost.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Stamps
Series: Kuwashima Hospital
Catalogue: KHO-022
Process: Giclée
Captured: 29 May 2016
Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter: 1/250 s
ISO: 1600
Focal length: 48 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 collection of inked rubber stamps rests on a grimy surface inside Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic. The stamps were used for marking forms and records across the working life of the hospital. The handles are timber, the rubber faces showing the wear of years of use. The paper around them is curled and yellowed. The surface below is the desk of one of the working rooms.

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 in the decades that followed as the coal mines closed. The hospital was abandoned at some point in that contraction. The interior has stood largely undisturbed in the years since the closure.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A metal stamp box sits open on a concrete windowsill. Japanese characters line each wooden-handled stamp, packed upright in neat rows. Labels with serial numbers and kanji cling to the handles. The case is marked "PAT.P" and "MADE IN JAPAN." Rust blooms across the lid hinges. Fine grit and broken glass cover the sill around it. Pale light falls flat through the window behind.

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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