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Ryo Kameyama: Yamakumata
Ryo Kameyama: Yamakumata
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Publisher | Seki Shobo |
ISBN | 9784909179012 |
Idea Code | 18126 |
Having built his reputation as a photographer of conflict, Ryo Kameyama here turns his attention to the village of Yamakumata, located in the mountains of Japan’s Niigata prefecture. His photographs of everyday life there – hunting bears, traversing snowy forests, fishing in rivers – seem completely out of time, but it is the lifestyle of these people, in balance with nature, that attracts him. The villagers rely on the mountains for everything, from wild vegetables and mushrooms to tree bark for weaving traditional fabric. Observing how they calmly face their reality and mortality, we get a strong sense of life and death in the traditions that they have continued since ancient times.
134 p, ills bw, 19 x 25 cm, pb, Japanese/English |