Publisher/冬青社

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Japanese female photographer Haru Kimura's photo book "Backyard / Uraniwa". Haru Kimura was an unknown amateur photographer living in Chiba Prefecture. He is a member of a photography club in Funabashi City, and was born in 1959, but began photography in 2008. However, at a photo exhibition sponsored by Funabashi City where Japan's leading photographers Kazuo Kitai and Koji Onaka served as judges, the photo book won the grand prize for three consecutive years and was published at the recommendation of Kazuo Kitai. This book. As the title suggests, the subject is "backyard". The subjects are ordinary objects, but the way they are captured is amazing. The life activities of plants and insects, illustrations that turn everyday tools such as buckets, hangers, brooms, clothespins, boots, and gloves into objects, depictions of textures, expressiveness of light and shadow, and unique compositions. You will be captivated by the beauty of the works, which were photographed with the aesthetic sense cultivated through calligraphy, which is said to have first-class calligraphy skills. It teaches us that there are many beautiful worlds around us, depending on our sensitivity and perspective, even if it is not a special place, special time, or special thing.