From Yokosuka

Ishiuchi Miyako
From Yokosuka
Photographs: Ishiuchi Miyako
Text: Ishiuchi Miyako
Publisher: Super Labo
42 pages
Pictures: 26
Year: 2016
Comments: Softcover, sewn binding, 280 x 220 mm. First edition, 2016. Black & white photographs. Limited edition of 1000 copies. New.
“While it was outside the U.S. military base, Dobuita Street was a "Little America." With A-sign ("Approved for US Forces") bars and cabarets all trading in dollars lining both sides, the street was a glorious red-light district that prospered as wars continued. In this street, I took, developed, printed and exhibited photographs. Through my "From YOKOSUKA" series, I could "print out" various memories and thoughts from the past.
Although it no longer exists, the cabaret "2nd New YOKOSUKA" remains in my photographs. The exhibition "From YOKOSUKA" resulted from my confrontation with Yokosuka, the object of my disgust and hatred. I have nothing to regret for Yokosuka any more. Yokosuka as a proper noun has gone away from me now. My starting point finished its role and became past history. I will probably never visit Yokosuka again in reality. Something has ended. Good-bye, Yokosuka, and thank you, Yokosuka.”
Ishiuchi Miyako









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