Mt Racey

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 60mm · f/7.1 · 1/125 · ISO 400
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A deserted street in Yubari stretches towards the distant Mt Racey. Overgrown verges and weathered power lines hint at the town's past as a bustling mining centre. Silence hangs heavy.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Mt Racey
Series: Streetscapes of Yubari
Catalogue: SYU-022
Process: Giclée
Captured: 28 April 2016
Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/7.1
Shutter: 1/125 s
ISO: 400
Focal length: 60 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan

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03 THE STORY

About this print

Mount Racey rises behind Yubari, a moderately steep ski mountain with cleared runs visible from the town. In this photograph, the mountain is photographed in summer or early autumn; the slopes are green, the lift cables and pylons visible against the trees. The lower lift station sits in cleared ground at the base of the mountain. The buildings around the station are intact and maintained. Vehicles are parked in the carpark. The mountain is an active facility, not a closed one. The resort sign at the entrance has been recently repainted.

Mount Racey is a ski resort that was developed as part of Yubari's tourism push in the 1980s and 1990s, the city's attempt to replace its coal-industry economy. Most of the resort developments from that period failed and went bankrupt with the city. Mount Racey survived, partly because skiing remained a viable activity for which Hokkaido is broadly known and partly because the operation was small enough to scale to actual demand. The resort still runs today, drawing skiers from Sapporo and elsewhere in Hokkaido. It is one of the few of Yubari's tourism-era investments that still functions as intended. The mountain in this photograph is open for the next season.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

The still operational Mt Racey ski resort.

Brett Patman

The series

Streetscapes of Yubari

2018 · 54 photographs

Yūbari is a coal-mining city in central Hokkaido. Founded in 1943, its population peaked at around 120,000 in the 1960s and now sits at about 6,400. The colliery closed in the 1980s. The city's attempt to recover through tourism failed; in 2007 it became the first Japanese municipality to declare bankruptcy, owing 35.3 billion yen. These streetscapes were taken between the houses, shops, and schools the town no longer needs - most empty, some half-collapsed, some still in use by the people who stayed.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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