Publisher/青幻舎

Google翻訳
Yoshihiko Ueda's photo book "To the Island", one of Japan's leading photographers. He studied under Taiji Arita, an artist who was active mainly in the 1960s and 1980s and later devoted himself to the world of painting and sculpture. Yoshihiko Ueda, a master who continues to create artistic works with. This book is a documentary-touch work that is rare for Ueda, and is set in Miyakejima. The 1983 and 2000 eruptions that led to the evacuation of all islanders outside the island. Although evacuation is for saving lives, it is said that the physical and mental whereabouts of the inhabitants are different after that, and there are many people who say, "Even if an evacuation order is issued next time, we will never leave the island." say. By looking at the irreplaceable symbiosis of both the island and the residents through Miyakejima, Ueda thought that the actual situation of evacuation and difficulties after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake could be considered and the suffering could be alleviated as much as possible. This is a book full of thoughts.