Publisher/塩竈フォトフェスティバル

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"We Are All One Skin" is the first photobook by Japanese female photographer Mizue Kitada. Born in Wakayama in 1991, she weaves photographs of her hometown's abundant nature, everyday scenes, her beloved dog, and women of her generation with a gaze that examines the very essence of life and existence. In 2016, she won the Grand Prize at the Shiogama Photo Festival, and this work was produced as a prize. Published in December 2017, this book features art direction by Kanako Taki and editing by Itsuki Kikuta. This work, with its sincere focus and lack of over-the-top staging, highlights both the individuality and universality within each subject. It evokes empathy for "life" itself through the medium of photography. Turning the pages, vivid fragments of everyday life emerge, bathed in a soft light. Images of young girls, dogs, and rural landscapes are juxtaposed, and beneath them lie the author's own inner questions and thoughts on "life." The nudity is not seen as sexual, but as a gaze towards "life" itself, and the worldview that Kitada describes as "now, girls, dogs, oranges, and plants are all lives wrapped in a single skin" quietly unfolds.