Michio Yamauchi
Children 80' (Signed)
Published by Sokyu-sha, 2021
Size: 26.7 × 23 cm
74 Pages
Hardcover
Limited Edition of 300 copies.
This publication covers the earliest photographs by Japanese photographer Michio Yamauchi, taken with artistic intent. Yamauchi, wandering around Tokyo, trying to capture this and that, noticed that his impromptu photographs of children had something special about them. Beginning in 1981, he depicted children around Tokyo, some posing for the camera, others seemingly oblivious to Yamauchi's presence. Looking at the photographs, Yamauchi's subjects actually express a solemn seriousness despite their young age.
“Instead of being innocent and sweet, their characters mark them as old souls – mature and thoughtful” – from Michio Yamauchi’s afterword
- Editor's text