Publisher Note
Kurayami is the result of a dialogue between the photographic works by Masao Yamamoto and the musician and composer Akira Uchida. Their collobarative dialogue began in 2020 with the photobook Sasanami.
Yamamoto’s photographs capture sights and events from the natural world – back-lit flowers, a single cloud in the sky, the sea at night, a tree at night against the stars, etc. – with unparalleled admiration, poetry and an eye for beauty. While the simplicity of his compositions he invites the reader to get lost in single pictures.
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In “Kurayami” (lit. “darkness”), Yamamoto lets his visual language unfold over two chapters (“Side A” and “Side B”). With darkness always an element, his pictures engage themes of nature and essence, always loaded with a sense of mystery and latent danger. Light and darkness feature as main subjects or as mere tools, as single elements among many or as oppressive presences.
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| Release Place | Plouer-sur-rance, France |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Release Date | 2023 |
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Artist:
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| Identifiers |
ISBN-13:
978-2-9586157-0-3
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| Inscription | numbered, 730/2000 |
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| Topics | Nature |
| Language | English |
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| Format | Hardcover |
| Dimensions | 24.8 × 25.7 cm |
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| Pages | 96 |
