Publisher/日本カメラ社

Google翻訳
Photo book "Shima no Ama" by Japanese photographer Kusuichi Uraguchi. Born and raised in Shima-gun, Mie Prefecture, he is a photographer who has been producing and selling pearl jewelry, and as an amateur photographer, has been taking photos of Shima's climate, especially the "Ama". Speaking of photographs of "ama", the works of Fosco Maraini, a former Italian anthropologist and photographer, and Yoshinobu Nakamura's work are famous. There is Yoshiyuki Iwase who has been shooting for many years. This book is a collection of works published in 1981 and is composed of illustrations selected from over 200,000 negatives over 25 years. Beginning with women dressed as Shima's unique white “Iso”, the style changes to “wetsuit” as the times change, as well as a documentary depiction of a teenage “girl diver” and her A valuable book in which the history of us is recorded in detail with text.