SOMEYA MANABU - HOTARE (SIGNED)

SOMEYA MANABU
HOTARE (SIGNED)

Published by Sokyu-sha, 2022
Book Size 25.5 × 25.5 cm
Pages 66 Pages
Hardcover
Limited Edition of 500

Manabu Someya's photobook “Hotare” forms a quiet journey through Japan's seaside towns and rural areas that is remarkable for its unremarkableness. Traveling to and wandering through these towns, Someya (who left working as a freelance photographer in 2015 to focus on his own photography) pays attention only to his own sensations and feelings to choose and frame his images, rather than choosing a cerebral approach. His “Hotare” series is an undramatic work, with village corners, street lamps, house facades, streets and shores photographed like character studies of a specific places. It is this unagitatedness that shows Someya's maturity as a photographer, his confidence in the essence of photography that makes it a joy to look at the photographs in “Hotare” again and again.
Publisher's Statement

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Manabu Someya’s photo book “Hotare” is a leisurely journey through Japan’s seaside towns and rural areas, remarkable for its mundaneness. As he visits and wanders through these towns, Someya (who stopped working as a freelance photographer in 2015 to focus on his own photography) pays attention only to his own sensations and feelings in choosing and framing his images, rather than taking a cerebral approach. His “Hotare” series is a drama-free work, with village corners, streetlights, house facades, streets, and shorelines photographed as character studies of a specific location. It is this lack of hesitation that shows Someya’s maturity as a photographer, his confidence in the essence of photography, that makes it a pleasure to look at the photographs in “Hotare” again and again.
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