The Second Seeing | Ryu Ika | Aka Aka 2021

The Second Seeing | Ryu Ika | Aka Aka 2021"The title of this collection of photographs, The second seeing, emphasizes that we live within a 'second seeing' by way of an internalized other that exists behind the first level perception. Our lives exist alongside this image we have of ourselves, she asserts, likening people to actors and the world to a stage.] Ryu isn't satisfied by simply capturing the subject using her camera. Many of the photos taken in Inner Mongolia, where she grew up,

In that year I used only Fuji 1600 color negative film

The jury was impressed by the way Miki Hasegawa approached this extremely difficult subject matter

The second part of Teikai series by Daisuke Yokota comes in spiral bound binding and a curious split cover

Copy generally clean except for some traces of shipping box styrofoam on the case

one of the oldest Japanese texts known in literature

Very small damage on the  slipcase lower edge

as well as on the pages edges

the “Fake Scape” series

a common thread throughout my life

he could not abandon them

This is the GS "portfolio" version of the issue

his work in Ireland has remained virtually unknown until now" - From publisher's website