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Item Number
546870
Genre
original
size
120P/210×210mm
type
Photo Collection
Sales Restrictions
General
Content
This is the third photo book by Hoshi Gento, a master of street photography. Around this time, around 2000, Hoshi would often go to Shinjuku with a camera in hand. He felt comfortable in the city's openness and the kindness and warmth of its people, and before he knew it, Shinjuku had become his home. However, as the times have changed and a distance has now grown between him and the city, he has reexamined the negatives of his past monotone photographs of Shinjuku and reorganized his records of Shinjuku "back then," including unpublished works. The book is edited by Sokyusha's Ota Michitaka. "These days I hardly ever have a chance to visit Shinjuku, but sometimes I find myself walking aimlessly through Kabukicho while running errands. As I watch the people passing by, I suddenly find myself stopping in my tracks to see a person or situation that catches my eye. But I no longer point my camera at them like I used to. The town seems bustling with people, but those nights when I used to get excited just by being there seem like a distant memory. Now I even feel a sense of relief at the distance between Shinjuku and myself. But no matter how much the people, the town, or I myself have changed, I can't help but feel that one day I will again be strongly drawn to the "will to live" that must be seeping out from somewhere in this town. " - Hoshi Gento (from the afterword of this book)
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