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Time after time / Time for time
¥5,940
『 Time after time / Time for time 』 HARD COVER WITH CLOTH A4 SIZE 72 PAGE WITH SLEEVE CASE SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHS AND TEXT Seiji Kumagai Yoshinori Tomiyama PHOTO IMAGES TOMIYAMA :20 images KUMAGAI : 26 images PUBLISHED :Bookshop Marukuma Tomtomphotos DESIGN :Hideyuki Saito TEXT :Hiroyasu Yamauchi ENGLISH TRANSLATE :Haruna Ito PRINTED IN JAPAN :iWORD Co.,Ltd ................................................................................ [The Endearment of an Emerging Image] Text : Hiroyasu Yamauchi A scene from the external world appears upon paper or a screen, and takes hold as an image. To be able to carry that in your hand, to take out and gaze upon it when you please... For over 180 years since the advent of the photographic arts, people have continually obsessed over this pursuit, and for those of us in the 21st century, it all seems so very commonplace and is taken for granted. However. If you think about it, the re-creation of an object before you, practically in its original likeness, is nothing short of a miracle. Try to portray a particular scene or person in words, as though they are really there in the flesh. How rare it is to find one capable of satisfactorily performing such a feat. Even the great literary masters, in their depictions of the external world, mostly make do with abstract representations. The same for paintings and drawings. Realism has long been a fundamental skill in art in most parts of the world, yet the extent to which this is achieved is limited. The brush can only go so far in approaching the real, and truth be told, it is more precisely the technique to simulate reality that evolved over the years. So we recognize that the task of rendering a certain scene or a certain individual in some mode of expression is a supremely difficult one. And in that regard, the photograph is remarkable. Using this device, a semblance of the external world emerges with the single press of a button. It is like magic. We have become a little too accustomed to this magic. The smartphones we now carry everywhere can capture the world with more than adequate accuracy, so we no longer bother to be astonished. Certainly we are blessed that photographs have become such a customary part of our lives, but at the same time we have lost our wonder, our primal joy, and it seems a shame. If we could but re-experience the wonder and joy at witnessing an image rise up before our eyes. Yoshinori Tomiyama and Seiji Kumagai were moved by such a desire when they began to shoot using old 8 x 10 Polaroid film producing ill-defined pictures. Tomiyama chose to shoot the interior of his familiar home of many years. Kumagai pointed the lens down alleyways in Tokyo. The images generally lacked clarity and were blurry, and colors often did not come out as expected. Occasionally the exposure did not even produce a concrete image. Still, something was captured there. You could see that it was a room, or a back alley. You also could perceive that it was this clock, that bicycle, that he fixed his eye upon. These images, pulled from the brink of oblivion, attain existence through some miracle. The sight of each of these shots is impossibly endearing. Stay, if only for a while, on this side. Though it is inevitable that one must eventually vanish, if we could just leave a small trace, a vestige. The images these two photographers captured all seem to whisper thus. It is a prayer that we all make, deep down in our being. This collection, TIME AFTER TIME / TIME FOR TIME, attempts to give form to this desire.
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BRIGHT MOMENTS
¥3,996
「BRIGHT MOMENTS 」 Signed With 2 piece postcards Book shop MARUKUMA First ed 1000 copies 2015/12/03 Hardcover with dust jacket 210 x 303 mm 52 page 29 photo image "Lingering Echoes of Blue" The images of those nudes, appearing as though they would vanish into the pale wafting air at any moment, gives the impression of a realm disparate from reality. The intentionally blurred focus, creating an ambiguity in the curves of face and body, serves to abstract the nude figure. If we were to hypothesize the woman as symbolic of Eros, then we might also to view the blue as a metaphor for Thanatos. The skin, while submerged in that blue veil, is impervious to it, exuding instead its own presence as an icon of Life in a troubled world. Peeling away that overlying layer of translucent skin, however, reveals the deep crimson of flesh and blood. All beings are born along with blood from the body of the mother. One might say that the color red teems with the life force. Skin enshrouds that extreme red and resists immersion into the realm of blue. Rather, the blue acts to amplify the Eros of the skin which envelops life. Upon a shift of the gaze, interweaving photographs of the clouds and the waves, one becomes aware of the life we are bestowed when exposed to nature's magnanimity as well as its colossal perils. Quiet warmth exudes from these lights and colors, creating antagonism and harmony between the nude and the realm of blue. "Bright Moments" is surely the most erotic and vital of Seiji Kumagai's work to date. There is a lingering tone to Kumagai's photographs. It hints at the scenery that lies beyond a photograph, inciting undiscovered images. "Bright Moments" is no exception. The photographs are proffered, entrusting its world-view to the viewer, demanding no particular conclusion. What is this moment radiating in this realm of blue? Perhaps one may glimpse here the complementary aspects of life and death, though it is not the simplistic concept of dualism. Seiji Kumagai's photographs continually stir visions of sceneries beyond the images, expressly because they do not seek to reach a clear conclusion.
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EACH LITTLE THING NAGOYA 25/50
¥5,400
May 23 to 24, 2015 In addition to the exhibition in Nagoya"rainroots" It is a book that was made at the workshop. size:295x210 page:28 photo image:28 softcover Ed 50 with color contact print
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EACH LITTLE THING #6
¥1,850
"EACH LITTLE THING" the sixth step (Light blue version) Self published May 30 / 2015 Edition 500 copies Soft cover / 182 × 258mm 22 photographs/ 24 page Price: 1850 JPY shipping fee / out side JAPAN :400JPY 3.11 or newer Taking photos To announce to the world thought about it This work could result 10 Series will produce the same name in the title "What are my desires"
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EACH LITTLE THING #5
¥1,850
"EACH LITTLE THING" the fifth step (Orange version) Self published December 7 / 2013 Edition 500 copies Soft cover / 182 × 258mm 22 photographs/ 24 page Price: 1850 JPY shipping fee / out side JAPAN :400JPY 3.11 or newer Taking photos To announce to the world thought about it This work could result 10 Series will produce the same name in the title "What are my desires" Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GV7uG1whQE
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EACH LITTLE THING #4
¥1,850
"EACH LITTLE THING" the fourth step (Light green version) Self published December 6 / 2013 Edition 500 copies Soft cover / 182 × 258mm 22 photographs/ 24 page Price: 1850 JPY shipping fee / out side JAPAN :400JPY 3.11 or newer Taking photos To announce to the world thought about it This work could result 10 Series will produce the same name in the title "What are my desires" Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrMWVTkcHkY
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EACH LITTLE THING #3
¥1,850
"EACH LITTLE THING" the third step (green version) Self published October 15 / 2012 Edition 500 copies Soft cover / 182 × 258mm 22 photographs/ 24 page Price: 1850 JPY shipping fee / out side JAPAN :400JPY 3.11 or newer Taking photos To announce to the world thought about it This work could result 10 Series will produce the same name in the title "What are my desires" Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ7W8KDZtt8
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EACH LITTLE THING #2
¥1,850
"EACH LITTLE THING" the second step (version) Self published May 5 / 2012 Edition 500 copies Soft cover / 182 × 258mm 22 photographs/ 24 page Price: 1850 JPY shipping fee / out side JAPAN :400JPY 3.11 or newer Taking photos To announce to the world thought about it This work could result 10 Series will produce the same name in the title "What are my desires" Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv1w7eShAIY
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EACH LITTLE THING #1
¥1,850
"EACH LITTLE THING" the first step (red version) Self published September 12 / 2011 Edition 500 copies Soft cover / 182 × 258mm 23 photographs/ 24 page Price: 1800 JPY shipping fee / out side JAPAN :400JPY 3.11 or newer Taking photos To announce to the world thought about it This work could result 10 Series will produce the same name in the title "What are my desires" Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2dDmmY6BrU
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VERY LITTLE THING
¥50
"VERY LITTLE THING" March 17 / 2014 Edition 500 copies Soft cover / 182 × 258mm 8 photographs/ 8 page Price: 0 JPY Free paper I'll give you to everyone who bought a book In order for you to understand the "EACH LITTLE THING" series, I made this book. The cart, it will appear as "50JPY" but, it sends free Please write a "free paper want" at the time of order
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MY HOUSE
¥3,240
"MY HOUSE" Self published September 30 / 2013 Edition 1000 copies Hard cover / 189 × 263mm 57photographs/ 80 page Price: 3240 JPY shipping fee / out side JAPAN :700JPY I am always taking photos. The photos taken from 2009 to 2013 are brought together into a book. I usually press the shutter button only once when taking photos. That is because I value the moment captured through the finder. Taking a look around for anything worth taking a photo and compose into a picture would require thinking process which I’d rather avoid. So, I decided not to do that. I always want to follow my instinct rather than my head. ”MY HOUSE”, the title of this book, is the word which reflects the state of my mind and has almost the same meaning as “my mind”. Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGHTI24tnoU
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WE CAME DANCING ACROSS THE WATER
¥540
" WE CAME DANCING ACROSS THE WATER " Self published June 7 / 2014 Edition 500 copies Soft cover / 105 ×148mm 20photographs/ 20 page Price: 540 JPY shipping fee / out side JAPAN :300JPY Under eyes is, The Blue Sea We floated the body blue water We enjoy the rest of the often No color even in the air to water We're here and Water is blue, the sky is blue Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgJHj53lL_Y
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portraits
¥1,540
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I went to bright place
¥2,050
" I went to bright place " Self published December 6 / 2008 Edition 500 copies Softcover / 210 × 270mm 16photographs/ 16 page Price: 2000 JPY Lake and small island Passed on to the mountain lake The rocking boat Reached this place Remember seeing childhood Total (light), set off on foot chasing "Here's to you towards your becoming" There is no intention called I went to bright place
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I heard the voice
¥1,540
"I heard the voice" PARADA April 4/ 2010 Edition 500 copies Soft cover /220× 280mm 13photographs/20page Price:1500 JPY I heard the voice Autumn is colorful Colors of the leaves, sky, wind Become brilliant Winter is quietly Droplets and the voice of a bird Sounds in the forest Winter tone I feel quietly
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GOD/SEEN AT BIRTH
¥3,240
"GOD/SEEN AT BIRTH" Shoshi Saicoro February 19 / 2011 Edition 600 copies Soft cover / 172 × 257mm 20photographs/36page Price: 3150 JPY GOD ON WHITE DISAPPAR AND FLICKERED THEY WERE HEAR LONG LONG TIME DAZZLING CLOSE MY EYES WALK ON THE WATER GET OUT OF THE SUN BLINKED CLEAR VIEW SEEN AT BIRTH
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Morito de Janeiro
¥3,240
"Morito de Janeiro" BANQET Co.,Ltd. October 15 / 2006 Edition 1000 copies/ With Original Print Soft cover / 310 × 420mm 71photographs/76page Price: 3000 JPY 1994 Midsummer In the sun Exposed light. Winning trajectory
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SEIJI Ⓒ
¥2,050
"SEIJI" BANQET Co.,Ltd. 2002 Edition 1000 copies Soft cover /44× 53mm/with box 81photographs/168page Price: 2000 JPY Walking, dry, talking, sleeping, playing, it's stomach, staring, flying to Mexico, Fire there, looking up at sky
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THE TITLE PAGE
¥7,128
"THE TITLE PAGE" MATCH and Company Co.,Ltd November 19 / 2009 Edition 700 copies 50photographs/104page /With a cardboard box for transportation Hard cover /249× 261mm Price: 6930 JPY -I stand in front of a door without any knob. But I know a door opens towards anywhere and anytime.
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spring,2011
¥1,950
"spring,2011" Self published November 11 / 2011 Edition 500 copies Soft cover / 185 × 237mm 19 photographs/ 36 page Price: 1950 JPY shipping fee / out side JAPAN :400JPY In the bright path Lose myself Drops running down My cheeks Into a warm flow Spring sun Shine between the trees White petals dancing in the sky For the years to come Never to forget What I saw in this spring I swear to myself Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuh5erC7w9o