Publisher/赤々舎

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Japanese photographer Seiichi Furuya's photo book "Memoires 1983 (Unopened)". After studying photography at university, he moved to Austria in the early 70's. After that, while doing creative activities based in Graz, he was in charge of the launch and editing of the photo magazine "Camera Austria", and held exhibitions by Shomei Tomatsu, Nobuyoshi Araki, Daido Moriyama and others. I have introduced Japanese photographs in Europe. Furuya has published photographs of his wife, Christine, who died in East Berlin in 1985, as "Memoir" in photo books and exhibitions since 1989, but this book focuses on 1983. The photographs, arranged in order from the month, are composed together with Christine's memoir, which was published for the first time. Snaps of the cities, colors and everyday life they spent in Graz and Vienna. Regarding 1983, which is said to be the "branch point between the two," Furuya said, "In 1983, when I always end up on a journey of recollection, I have been confused in this year. Her" abnormal "words and behavior began to stand out and I was hospitalized. It was the spring of this year that arrived "(from the publisher's website). Knowing the tragic consequences, the idyllic and beautiful scenery and the smiling play of mother and child make you feel sentimental. New unopened.