Publisher/リトル・モア

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"Deep South" by Japanese photographer Keiko Nomura. Born in Kobe, Nomura studied photography in the United States and has continued to create works based on themes of land and relationships rooted in her own bodily sensations and memories. Okinawa, in particular, is an important place that she has repeatedly engaged with since the beginning of her career, as it is connected to her maternal roots, and this book is her first photo collection, marking the starting point of that work. Distancing herself from touristy images, the images capture the atmosphere and presence that permeates the streetscapes and the demeanor of the people, within a color palette where vulgarity and sweetness intersect, quietly revealing Okinawa as a place where the artist's inner self and the land intersect. This book already contains the prototype of the perspective that would continue in her subsequent works. (Damage due to shrinkage of the plastic cover)