CHLOE JAF E
HOW I MET JIRO
Published by Chloé Jafé, 2022
Book size 20 x 26 cm
112 pages
Hardcover
Languages Japanese, English
Produced with the support of the Center National des Arts Plastiques.
Swiss binding, b&w photographs and colors illustration.
Signed and numbered
Hardcover (come with a fabric pouch)
Limited edition of 30
Including a numbered gelatin silver print (23.5 x 19 cm), limited edition of 10 Self-published
The final chapter in her trilogy is an ode to the fallen of Osaka. In this city, the third largest in the country, Chloé Jafé has traveled extensively in the district of Nishinari, a district erased from tourist guides that drains a population mainly made up of men, mostly over 60 years old. There she met and photographed homeless people, transvestites, retired from banditry and those released from capitalism who preferred to hide there rather than face the shame of being fired.
These workers no longer have a future for the horizon. Through this work, Chloé Jafé tries to mend their history and modestly rehabilitate an unknown and muzzled part of Japan.
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The final chapter of her trilogy is an ode to the fallen of Osaka. In this city, the third largest in the country, Chloé Jafé spent a long time walking around the Nishinari district, a neighborhood erased from tourist guides that attracts a population mainly composed of men, mostly over 60 years old. She met and photographed homeless people, transvestites, retired gangsters and those dismissed from capitalism who preferred to hide there rather than face the shame of being fired.
These workers no longer have a future on the horizon. Through this work, Chloé Jafé attempts to mend their history and modestly rehabilitate a little-known and muzzled part of Japan.
Text by the author