Black and White Notebook 3

The third volume in the "Black & White Note" series by Jun Abe. This photobook re-selects photographs from a vast collection of contact sheets taken in the 1980s and 1990s, and reconstructs them into new relationships.

Jun Abe has spent many years walking the streets, primarily in Osaka, pursuing the possibilities of street photography. In this book, he deliberately dismantles classification by shooting date, location, or theme, and instead selects photographs by alternating, for example, one bundle from 1980s contact sheets and one from the 1990s. Freed from their original context, these photographs create new resonances across time and place.

As Abe himself says, "My rigid ideas about photography have largely dissolved," and this book is filled with the freedom and joy of arranging photographs. While being snap photographs, the composition transcends narrative and record, highlighting the light, floating sensation and visual面白さ inherent in photography itself.

Jun Abe has pioneered his own unique expression while inheriting the lineage of Kansai photography. This collection allows fragments of street corners to quietly resonate with each other, reminding us of the sheer pleasure of looking at photographs.

[Title] 黒白ノート3 / Black & White Note 3
[Publisher] Vacuum Press
[Publication Date] 2021
[Page Count] 128 pages
[Size] Approx. 247*182*10mm / 485g
[Format] Softcover
[Language] Japanese
[Title Reading] KUROSHIRO NOTE 3
[Author/Editor, etc.] Jun Abe / Author, Shogo Yamada / Book Design
[Printing] San-M Color / Printing & Binding (Seijiro Kori / Printing Director)
[ISBN] -
[Condition] Used 【8】Good to Good-plus (generally good)
[Accessories] None
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Jun Abe (Abe Jun) 1955-

Born in Osaka Prefecture. Photographer.

Began photography in the 1970s. Based in Osaka, he has continuously photographed the city and its people, earning high acclaim as one of Japan's leading street photographers.

Published the photobook "Osaka" in 1986. Subsequently, he released "Citizen," "BONGO," "ON THE STREET," and the "Black & White Note" series. He keenly captures serendipitous moments and visual shifts appearing in urban spaces, while pursuing the intrinsic appeal of photography as a medium.

His major works include "Osaka," "Citizen," "BONGO," "ON THE STREET," and the "Black & White Note" series.

Major awards include the Higashikawa Award Domestic Photographer Award (2013).

His works are held in major collections such as the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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