Publisher/木耳社

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Japanese photographer Buko Shimizu's photo book "Chichibu". Some photographers travel around the world to produce commercial conceptual or documentaries, while others stay in their hometowns to portray or create local folk, climate, and culture. It is roughly divided. The photographer who boasts an overwhelming presence in the latter is Shoji Ueda, a master who devoted his life to the dunes of the Sanin region. And this Buko Shimizu is also a man who, like Ueda, runs a photo studio locally and devotes his entire career to his hometown of Chichibu. Mainly from the 1960s to the 1970s, he published a number of works on the themes of the Chichibu Incident, traditional performing arts, folk beliefs, lifestyles, climate, etc., and at the same time, he is also making efforts to protect the nature of Chichibu. A masterpiece of Shimizu, whose book was published in 1968. According to Shimizu, because of the characteristics of a basin, there is "darkness" and "shadow" somewhere no matter what you shoot, but it is in that darkness and shadow that the light shines more beautifully, and that light is the ultimate. It is said that it beautifully illuminates the true picture of human life. It is a wonderful book that perfectly matches the darkness / shadow and the richness of gravure printing.