2O14 [ni-ou-ichi-yon] | Shinya Ichikawa | Fugensha 2024

2O14 [ni-ou-ichi-yon] | Shinya Ichikawa | Fugensha 20242O14 [ni ou ichi yon] takes inspiration from the bestselling novel 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. The author created two series of photographs recreating the novel's sense of unreality and of being in a parallel world. The book is divided into two parts. In the first part the photographs were taken at night with the lighting of an electric torch and long exposure times. The second part was shot during the day using infrared film. The subject is everyday

The plates have several small stains

It also has a 5 cm crack on the bottom of spine

Blue period plays with subtraction of colour and relates to past

2O14 [ni-ou-ichi-yon] takes inspiration from the bestselling novel 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

This book has been slightly bent

creating lines of demarcation where none existed before

it also includes an outer box featuring a horse and cart illustration by Junichiro Sekino

Mayumi Hosokura

I placed all the photographs in the center of the book

Fan Ho often composed his photographs with unique geometrical compositions and textures

I wanted to witness it

Published in 2009