[5x points] Yoshiyuki Okuyama "flowers"

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A conversation with my late grandmother through flowers
This series, which Okuyama Yoshiyuki has been taking pictures of for many years, was shot in the house where his late grandmother lived. Okuyama now uses this place as his studio, and he has taken repeated photos of flowers, as if he is remembering his grandmother when she was alive, in the sunlight streaming in and the plants swaying in the garden, and retelling the few conversations they had. The flowers, photographed using the small 110 film used by his grandfather in the 1980s, are combined with the classic design and curtains of the room, and the free perspective and angle from which they face the flowers are captivating.
In particular, he uses the painterly motif of the window to impress with the fluidity and freshness of the exterior and the dimness of the interior, superimposing himself and his grandmother in his gaze from inside to outside and his fluctuating perspective as he approaches the flowers in the light. The flowers reflected in the window and the flowers here. The flowers in the room and the flowers in the garden, separated by the window. Photographing flowers opens up countless dialogues.
Woven into this flow are photographs of spaces such as kitchens, studies, and bedrooms, producing a heterogeneous perspective. Using a variety of cameras, including large-format contact sheets, medium-format cameras, 35mm, and Polaroid cameras, the perspectives of her grandmother when she was alive, her late grandmother's drifting perspective, and her own perspective appear.

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Part numberart56913j-9784865411348

Specification Authors: Yoshiyuki Okuyama (author), Kaoru Kasai, Yuki Adachi (book design), Emi Shinozaki (flowers)
Publisher: Akaakasha
Size: H261mm x W216mm
Number of pages: 152P
Binding: Cloth hardback

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