River World

The second photo book by Atsushi Yoshie. This collection records the river landscape where human activity and nature intersect, set in the middle reaches of the Tone River, which flows between Gunma and Saitama prefectures.

What is depicted in this book is not the "nature" one typically imagines. Embankments, bridges, grounds, traces of construction, shacks, and drifting debris—remnants of human activity—mingle with the vegetation of the riverbed, forming a singular landscape. Yoshie, who has walked the riverbanks for many years, states that this constantly changing state, where artificial objects and nature maintain a balance, is what constitutes nature for him.

Following "Local City," this work quietly observes the current landscape of the Tone River basin, focusing on the boundaries between city and nature, artificial and landscape, center and periphery. The appearance of the riverbed, changing with the seasons and time, reflects the accumulation of human activities and the flow of time in the land, prompting reflection on Japan's climate and culture itself.

Through the managed yet living river landscape, this book quietly asks, "What is nature?"

[Title] Kawasekai
[Publisher] Salvage Press
[Publication Date] October 1, 2016
[Pages] 52 pages
[Size] Approx. 23428111mm / 565g
[Format] Hardcover
[Language] Japanese, English
[Title Reading] KAWASEKAI
[Author/Editor] Atsushi Yoshie / Author, Book Design, Michitaka Ota / Editor
[Printing] Nakano Collotype / Printing
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[Condition] Used [4] Fair to Below Average (Body: spine faded, slight dirt on spine)
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[Related Exhibitions] Atsushi Yoshie Photo Exhibition "Kawasekai" (Sokyusha, 722, Umeda Tsutaya Books, 2017)

Atsushi Yoshie (born 1973)

Born in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture. Photographer.

In 1997, graduated from Chuo University, Faculty of Letters, Department of French Literature. After working as a photography assistant and then on a ranch in Hokkaido, he began working as a freelance photographer. He continues to photograph landscapes throughout Japan, focusing on ambiguities such as artificiality and nature, old and new, and center and periphery.

He published "Local City" in 2014 and "Kawasekai" in 2016. He has since continuously produced the photo booklet "Deguchi no Machi" (Town of Exits), and in 2024, a photo book of the same name was published by Fugensha. He received the 25th Jun Miki Award in 2023.

Major works include "Local City," "Kawasekai," and "Deguchi no Machi."

Major awards include the 25th Jun Miki Award (2023).

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