Pictures Masafumi Sanai made in his twenties, before his first book Ikiteiru (Being Alive) appeared in 1997, when he was strengthening his resolve to become independent. The street views are sharp and crisp in detail. Shot on monochrome film but printed by a colour process, they take on warm yellow and orange tones, and each page is reproduced from four plates on bright white paper. The unusual colour recalls memories seen behind the eyelids, close to hallucination, and shows the emotion that has marked his work ever since.