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A photobook by Michio Yamauchi. This book was published as part of a series of continuous exhibitions titled "Tokyo" and "To People" held at Place M from 1987 to 1995.

After graduating from Tokyo College of Photography, Yamauchi joined Image Shop CAMP and has been exhibiting photographs taken while walking the streets of Tokyo since the 1980s. People standing in the city, people passing by, people looking at him, people who don't look back. "To People" captures the distances between the people he encountered in the city, directly as photographs.

Without strong direction or explanation, he encounters and passes by people on the street, pointing his camera at them. The momentary relationships are preserved within the frame. Gaze, body orientation, expression, the cityscape in the background. The photographs do not just capture the subjects, but simultaneously capture the time and place where those people stood.

Later, Yamauchi expanded his photographic scope beyond Tokyo to other Asian cities such as Shanghai, Hong Kong, Kolkata, and Dhaka. This book is an interesting photobook for understanding his work in Tokyo before that expansion.

[Title] To People
[Publisher] Place M
[Publication Date] 1992
[Page Count] 104 pages
[Size] Approx. 211*298*7mm / 506g
[Format] Softcover
[Language] Japanese
[Title Reading] HITO E
[Author/Editor] Michio Yamauchi/Author
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[ISBN] -
[Condition] Used, signed [8] Excellent to Good (slight damage to edges)
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[Related Exhibition] Michio Yamauchi Photo Exhibition "To People" (Minolta Photo Space, 1992)

Michio Yamauchi (やまうちみちお) 1950-

Born in Aichi Prefecture. Photographer.

Graduated from Waseda University, Second Faculty of Literature. In 1980, he enrolled in the evening division of Tokyo College of Photography and graduated in 1982. In the same year, he joined Image Shop CAMP and exhibited his works mainly in photography magazines and independent galleries. He studied under photographer Daido Moriyama.

He continued photographing on the streets of Tokyo from the 1980s, and in 1992, published "City" and "To People." Later, he expanded his photographic range to Asian cities such as Shanghai, Hong Kong, Kolkata, Dhaka, Keelung, Bangkok, and London. He consistently produces snapshots that capture people and the atmosphere of the streets while walking through cities.

His major works include "City," "To People," "Shanghai," "Hong Kong," "TOKYO," "CALCUTTA," "Keelung," "DHAKA," and "DHAKA 2."

His major awards include the 22nd Ina Nobuo Award (1997), the 20th Tadahiko Hayashi Award (2011), and the 35th Ken Domon Award (2015).

His major collections are held at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Shunan City Museum of Art and History, Nikon, and the Ken Domon Museum of Photography.

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