Publisher/アムズ・アーツ・プレス

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"Lime Works (2002, With OBI)" is a photo collection by Japan's leading photographer, Naoya Hatakeyama. Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Naoya Hatakeyama began photography while studying at the University of Tsukuba, influenced by photographer Seiji Otsuji. After graduating from university, he created a series of photographs capturing factories, mining sites, and vestiges of mineral resources such as limestone and coal throughout Japan, and in 1997 won the 22nd Kimura Ihei Award for "Lime Works." Since then, he has been actively publishing works that continue to question the relationship between "city," "nature," and "humanity," even traveling overseas. This book is one of Hatakeyama's masterpieces, and is the second edition published by Amuzu Arts Press in 2002 (the first edition was published in 1996, and the third edition was published by Seigensha in 2008). This collection includes photographs taken from 1986 to 1994 at 30 limestone mines, limestone factories, and cement factories from Hokkaido to Okinawa. Japan imports a lot of minerals, but it seems that the country is self-sufficient in limestone alone. This book conveys the negative-positive relationship between the mines being eroded and the buildings that continue to stand, along with the geometric beauty of the factories. Comes with a dust jacket.