Shimagatari | Yasuhiro Ogawa | Sokyusha 2014

Shimagatari | Yasuhiro Ogawa | Sokyusha 2014"No longer serviced by the ferries, the comings and goings of people will cease. But even as the islands are forgotten, the evocations of those who were once there will surely endure. At the seaside ablaze with flowers in bloom, children play in circles and lovers hold hands, whispering to one another. The sailor of a sunken ship despairs, while a wounded soldier wanders the beach crying out his mothers name, uniform flapping in the breeze. I too will

Fruit split open and dried up

are from another similar conditions copy

This copy is in VG conditions

it is a tribute to the amount of light that fell on the tropical city

A product of the Chicago School and its formalist approach

the title juxtaposing the name of the city and the story has a nostalgic and universal sweep

Please mind that the photos of the interiors comes from another

as opposed to Tokyo where I had a lot of acquaintances

I think I saw a UFO on my way home after working late a cold and crisp winter night

Because female photographers were a rarity back then

The windows serve as a barrier to the desire for safety and companionship as well as a glimpse of it

She was obsessed with skating and playing guitar