Publisher/蒼穹舎

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Beginnings: 1975 is a collection of works by Ishiuchi Miyako, one of Japan's leading postwar photographers. Recently, Ishiuchi has been creating work uniquely suited to a woman, engaging in dialogue with her subjects through close-ups of relics, often featuring motifs like Hiroshima and Frida Kahlo. However, her early work from the late 1970s and 1980s focused on Yokosuka and monochrome. She had a strong complex about the city where she spent her childhood and adolescence, and was strangely haunted by its Americanized appearance, which felt un-Japanese, and the masculine atmosphere of the area, where prostitutes entertained American soldiers. She began capturing these feelings in her photographs in the mid-1970s. This collection features her early work, photographed in 1975 at Kanazawa Hakkei, a popular spot near Yokosuka. This collection features only images from the area, selected from those that had lain dormant in her darkroom for over 40 years. "Even though I thought the photos were still poor quality, I realized that even at this point there was a connection to 'Yokosuka Story,' 'Apartment,' and 'The City of Night'" (from the afterword).