In October 2001 Rinko Kawauchi published 3 photo books simultaneously. In spring 2002, she won the prestigious “Kimura Ihei Award” for two of her books and received as well the Newcomer’s Award for 2002 by the Photographic Society of Japan.
“Utatane”, which means “nap”, is the first Volume of the trilogy and shows snapshots of everyday things. Especially striking in this book are the connections and juxtapositions of images (watch the video below to get a better impression).
Untitled, from the series “Utatane” © Rinko Kawauchi
Untitled, from the series “Utatane” © Rinko Kawauchi
Untitled, from the series “Utatane” © Rinko Kawauchi
“Hanabi” means “fireworks”, which is the second Volume of the photo book trilogy. Fireworks is closely associated with summer in Japan. In July and August, fireworks displays are held all over the country. The fireworks is a very social time in the Japanese summer,
(pictures from 748photobook.blogspot.com)
“Hanako” (a girl’s name), is the last Volume of the trilogy. The book documents the life of Hanako.
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