Les dunes et autres inédits, Shōji Ueda

Shōji Ueda, Chose commune, 2015

Short story by Toshiyuki Horie
Graphic design: Atelier Pentagon
188 pages, 90 duotone and colour plates, 22 cm x 29 cm

« He was known as a ‘sedentary adventurer’, spending much of his life shooting the sand dunes right by his house. But when the Japanese master photographer died, 5,000 unseen pictures came to light. Every one is a stunning surprise, as a breathtaking new book reveals.»

« Shōji Ueda (1913-2000), one of Japanese photography’s most remarkable figures, remained profoundly attached to his birthplace of Tottori, on the Sea of Japan. He was a sedentary adventurer. His keen eye was drawn to everything around him: a map of the world, a wheat field caressed by the wind, a boy in roller skates, the graceful figure of his wife, Norie…When Ueda wasn’t out wandering, he composed still lives of seasonal fruit and incongruous objects, small treasures found here and there.

This publication brings together a great many previously unpublished photographs, in both black and white and colour. For the occasion, Chose Commune has given carte blanche to the writer Toshiyuki Horie (Yukinuma and Its Environs, The Bear And The Paving Stone).»

Source: Chose commune