[Signed] KANON Yamagami Shinpei Photo Collection

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"KANON" is a photobook by photographer Shinpei Yamagami. Bookbinder Satoru Machiguchi was in charge of editing and bookbinding design, and book director Masataka Haba contributed an essay at the end of the book.

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For Yamagami Shinpei, the world was complex and inaccessible.

Camera in hand, he ventures into the mountains, staring intently at the trees there and taking photographs.
From the top of the cliff, I take photos capturing the waves crashing on the ocean.
For Yamagami, it was his only way to come into contact with the world.

One day, a wounded butterfly landed on Yamakami's hand. Even though it was injured, the butterfly tried to fly.
From that day on, Yamagami began taking photographs of butterflies.
For Yamagami, this flickering life became a means to connect him to the world.

Shinpei Yamagami Photo Collection "KANON"

This photobook, which is divided into three chapters, explores the past, present, and future of a photographer who has continued to fear and deny peace.
The composition is such that the robot flutters along with the butterfly and chases after it.

KANON ─ A round of flickering lives

The photographs on the mountain capture the despair and hope of those of us living in modern times.
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(Quoted from the publisher's website)

Photos and text: Shinpei Yamagami
Text: Masataka Haba
Editing and bookbinding design: Satoru Machiguchi
Design: Sara Shimizu (MATCH and Company., Ltd.)

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Shinpei Yamagami

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1984. After graduating from Tokyo Visual Arts, he worked at Iino Media Pro before beginning his career as a photographer. He uses his incredible visual abilities to create photographs while thoroughly confronting his subjects. He began his career at the group exhibition "LUMIX MEETS/ BEYOND 2020 BY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHERS #3" (Paris/Tokyo, 2016), and won the Nara Yoshitomo Award at the "Daikanyama photo fair competition" in 2017. After that, he went on to exhibit at "Yamagami Shinpei Exhibition" Shibunkaku (Tokyo/Kyoto, 2019) and "The Disintegration Loops" POETIC SCAPE (Tokyo, 2019), and in 2022 published his first photo book "Helix" by designer Akira Minagawa (Mina Perhonen). In 2023, he was selected for the exhibition "Look Before You Jump: Emerging Japanese Artists Vol. 20" organized by the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, and in conjunction with the exhibition, he will publish "Epiphany" (bookshop M, 2023) by bookbinder Satoru Machiguchi. He will also publish "liminal (eyes) YAMAGAMI" (bookshop M, 2022) and hold an exhibition of the same name at the former Osaragi Jiro Teahouse (Kamakura, 2023).

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Information on the publication commemorative exhibition
Date: Saturday, May 18, 2024 → Sunday, June 30, 2024
Venue: POETIC SCAPE 1F, 4-4-10 Nakameguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0061
*This publication commemorative exhibition is
[Hachinohe] Hachinohe City Museum of Art, Gallery 1 & 2 July 26th (Fri) - August 7th (Wed), 2024
[Fukuoka] Bookstore Aohata Friday, August 23, 2024 - Sunday, September 8, 2024
[Kyoto] PURPLE Saturday, September 14th - Sunday, October 6th, 2024
[Paris] The exhibition will travel to PARIS PHOTO 2024.

Product Information

release date 2024年7月1日

Part numberGPHT11971J-2510000383761

Specification H228mm x W171mm / Hardcover / 200 pages, 116 photos / Funaoka canvas bound rounded spine / Nameplate on front and back / Title embossed on spine / Comes in a sleeve case

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