Japanese Blue | Norio Kobayashi | Aka Aka 2025

Japanese Blue | Norio Kobayashi | Aka Aka 2025"Characterized by its man made blue colors, Japanese Blue can be situated within the lineage of Kobayashi's landscape works, such as Landscapes and First Light, which explore both visible and concealed aspects of urban and natural environments across Japan. Observing the blue tarps directs the eye to nameless, makeshift places, revealing temporary landscapes that most people would overlook. This peony blue, chosen for its camouflage quality in natural

Straddling France and Spain

with holes in all of them

and true to the folkloric air of its title

From the publisher's statement:

relating with the future

I wanted to capture that energy of innocent

Yesterday was too soon

while also thinking that these images are still valid today as documents that reflect the general state of the nation

The slipcase has traces of the shipping box polystyrene protections on it

pink lace bras

and the shocking images of the tsunami that he had repeatedly watched on the monitor at the time

pushing them to go beyond the codes of photojournalism