
Shima-Shima (Island Island)
- Publisher
- Match and Company
- Year
- 2010
- Specifications
- Hardcover
420 x 420 mm
104 pages
51 photographs
Thread-sewn binding
Images printed full bleed
Limited edition of 1000 copies
M label No. 16
Fifty-one colour photographs from a 2010 trip to visit his friend, the painter Shinro Ohtake, at his atelier in Uwajima and to see Naoshima, a small island in the Seto Inland Sea. The title blends the two place names. At 420 mm square, the largest size that can be thread-sewn in Japan, this oversized format makes the book very heavy, which doubles the thrill of turning its leaves, and every image bleeds off the page. The title lettering on the cover was first handwritten by the photographer and later processed in polypropylene. Like his earlier book Sekisha, the volume carries the photographer's sincere gratitude to each reader and his provocative attitude to making.