Shima no Ama
First edition of Shima no Ama by Kusukazu Uraguchi (2024)
First impression
Large format hardcover in new condition.
Pages clean, binding firm
Text in English
About
For centuries, ama - women divers - have fed the Japanese imagination. These free-divers collect abalone, shellfish and seaweed, the sale of which ensures their financial independence within the household. Kusukazu Uraguchi (1922-1988) has been photographing them in the Shima region, along the Pacific coast of Japan, for over thirty years since the mid-1950s. The fruit of extensive research among nearly 40,000 negatives - almost all of them previously unpublished - this remarkable archive of landscapes, portraits and underwater views tells the story of both the daily life and the special place of the ama community within Japanese society.
Description
First edition of Shima no Ama by Kusukazu Uraguchi (2024)
First impression
Large format hardcover in new condition.
Pages clean, binding firm
Text in English
About
For centuries, ama - women divers - have fed the Japanese imagination. These free-divers collect abalone, shellfish and seaweed, the sale of which ensures their financial independence within the household. Kusukazu Uraguchi (1922-1988) has been photographing them in the Shima region, along the Pacific coast of Japan, for over thirty years since the mid-1950s. The fruit of extensive research among nearly 40,000 negatives - almost all of them previously unpublished - this remarkable archive of landscapes, portraits and underwater views tells the story of both the daily life and the special place of the ama community within Japanese society.
