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GunkanjimaFirst edition of Gunkanjima by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre (2013) First impression Large format hardback in as new condition Signed by the artists to title page No markings Published by Steidl About Hashima is a small island located off the extreme southwest coast of Japan, about ten miles from Nagasaki. Its darkwarship like silhouette earned it the nickname of Gunkanjima (battleship island). During the wave of industrialisation in the nineteenth

the photographs in this book are informed by that backstory

if a bear called Paddington is involved

During these periods of contact with nature

In Evidence

a landmass is visible and a distant planet occupies the final page - but the book is more akin to the workings of a scientist collecting specimens

and to help create better circumstances for these boys

where he quickly established himself as a master of still life photography

There is a 7" picture disc tipped in to the rear endpage

At first he explored the empty streets in the glare of the midday sun but

Includes signed and dated 12 cm x 12 cm print

“by the idea that the entire nation was staring at the sun

I took my own photographs