Ametsuchi

Rinko Kawauchi
9781597112161 / 159711216X
Ametsuchi

Ametsuchi

Rinko Kawauchi
9781597112161 / 159711216X
Publisher Distributed Art Publishers 2013
Edition Hardcover , 80 Pages
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Publisher's description

Publisher’s Description
Rinko Kawauchi has gained international recognition for her nuanced, lushly colored images that offer closely observed fragments of everyday life. In her latest work, she shifts her attention from the micro to the macro. The title, Ametsuchi, is comprised of two Japanese characters meaning “heaven and earth,” and is taken from the title of one of the oldest pangrams in Japanese—a chant in which each character of the Japanese syllabary is used. In Ametsuchi, Kawauchi brings together images of distant constellations and tiny figures lost within landscapes, as well as photographs of a traditional style of controlled-burn farming (yakihata) in which the cycles of cultivation and recovery span decades and generations. Punctuating the series are images of Buddhist rituals and other religious ceremonies—a suggestion of other means by which humankind has traditionally attempted to transcend time and memory.
Publisher: Aperture
Size: 9 2/5 x 12 1/4″
80 pages, 40 four-colour images

Specifications

Book title Ametsuchi
Photographer Rinko Kawauchi
ISBN 10 159711216X / 1-59711-216-X       
ISBN 13 9781597112161 / 978-1-59711-216-1
Publisher Distributed Art Publishers
Publish date Jun 2013
Publish year 2013
Book format Hardcover
Pages 80 Pages
Dimensions 24,25 x 31 cm / 9.5 x 12.25 inches

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