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A photo book "Underground (With OBI)" by Naoya Hatakeyama, one of Japan's leading photographers. Born in 1958. Naoya Hatakeyama presents works that continue to question the relationship between "city," "nature," and "human beings." He has continued to shoot at factories and mining sites related to mineral resources such as limestone and coal in various parts of Japan, and has won the 22nd Kimura Ihei Award for his 1st photo book "Lime Works" published in 1997. This book will be the second photo book that follows, and the theme is the river that flows underground in Shibuya, Tokyo. It is known as a so-called culvert, but with the modernization of Tokyo, the river was covered and diverted to sewerage. Hatakeyama infiltrates 5 meters underground in Shibuya and shoots this invisible "river of darkness" while illuminating it with a light. The empty space created in the city is like a primitive cave, but the presence of floating garbage, oil floating on the surface of the water, and a few creatures makes us feel a connection with society. In addition, the texture of the underground world shows the mystery of cutting out the surface layer of another world, even though it is due to pollution and corruption. With obi.