MAKI
JAPAN SOMEWHERE
Published by Zen Foto Gallery, 2018
Book size 28 x 19.5 cm
Pages 144 pages + 96 images
Softcover
Language English, Japanese
Limited Edition of 500 copies
Signed by the artist
This publication by French photographer Maki includes images taken between 2001 and 2015 during many visits to Japan. The high-contrast black-and-white photos, from streetsnaps to portraits, landscapes and the occasional erotic image, paint a manifold picture of Maki's extensive experience of Japan while avoiding the common mistake of needless orientalism.
Says Russet Lederman in her essay “A Journey to Japan Somewhere”: “Maki approaches photography as a series of open-ended encounters experienced from both inside and outside Japanese culture. (...) “Japan Somewhere” travels both figuratively and literally into Japan’s back alleys.”
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This publication by French photographer Maki includes images taken between 2001 and 2015 during numerous visits to Japan. The high-contrast black-and-white photos, from street snaps to portraits, landscapes and the occasional erotic image, paint a varied picture of Maki's vast experience in Japan while avoiding the common mistake of unnecessary orientalism.
Russet Lederman says in his essay "A Journey to Japan Somewhere": "Maki approaches photography as a series of open-ended encounters experienced both inside and outside Japanese culture. (...) 'Japan Somewhere' travels both figuratively and literally through the backstreets of Japan."