Yang Seung-woo You're Over There, I'm Over Here (Signed)

An early work by Japan-based photographer Yang Seung-woo. Published by Shinpūsha in 2006, this book won the Grand Prize at the 9th Shinpūsha HASHIMA Photography Award.

After coming to Japan in 1996, Yang turned his camera to the fringes of the city, focusing mainly on Shinjuku and Kabukicho. This book is a documentary that follows the homeless people he met at that time. "I'm on this side, you're on that side," they said. As if to jump across that boundary, the author stood on the same ground and took photographs while living and sleeping with them.

What is captured is the dramatic yet harsh reality of people living in what is called the "dark side" of society. Yet, humor, pride, and a glimmer of hope are also certainly alive there. Delving into the widening gap in society under the Koizumi administration, he brought the outlines of often anonymized existences to life with a tangible warmth.

What divides "that side" and "this side"? That question is by no means irrelevant. This work can be called Yang Seung-woo's origin, capturing the reality right next to the city head-on.
●Winner of the Grand Prize at the 9th Shinpūsha HASHIMA Photography Award

[Title] You Are on That Side, I Am on This Side
[Publisher] Shinpūsha
[Publication Date] 2006
[Pages] 120 pages
[Size] Approx. 212*149*12mm, 329g
[Format] Softcover
[Language] Japanese, English
[Title Reading] KIMI HA ACCHI GAWA BOKU HA KOCCHI GAWA
[Author/Editor] Yang Seung-woo / Author
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[Condition] Used, autographed [6] Very good to good
[Accessories] Obi
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Yang Seung-woo (1966-)

A photographer born in Jeongeup-si, Jeollabuk-do, Korea, in 1966. He came to Japan in 1996, studied at the Japan Institute of Photography and the Department of Photography, Faculty of Arts, Tokyo Polytechnic University, and completed his graduate studies in the Graduate School of Arts at the same university. Since then, he has been based in Japan.

He is known for his work capturing people living in Shinjuku, Kabukicho, and the urban fringes through intense monochrome snapshots. His photo book "Shinjuku Maigo," published in 2016, received high acclaim and won the 36th Domon Ken Award. The following year, he released the photo book "Hito" and held a solo exhibition at a gallery in Paris in the same year, expanding his activities internationally.

His representative works include the "Kimi wa Acchi Gawa, Boku wa Kocchi Gawa" series, "Seishun Kichijitsu," "The Last Cabaret," "TEKIYA," "Nimotsu," and "Shin Chosen." With a sharp, street-rooted gaze and close proximity to his subjects, he powerfully depicts the reality of people living in the city.

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