Photo: Takuro Toyama
Poetry: Natsumi Seo
Publisher: YYY PRESS
Language: Japanese (with some English)
Size: 26.3 x 18.8 cm
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As wide as it can be, beautifully blue
After the destruction, what was conceived with much care
Was a landscape no one could have ever expected
With photographs taken 11 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the words of the land spoken over the past 11 years.
“Scenes of New Habitations” are woven from the present and the past of the disaster-stricken areas.
New Habitations from North to East: 11 years after 3.11 (photos by Takuro Toyama, poems by Natsumi Seo) will be published by YYY PRESS. This book will be available at bookstores and through e-commerce websites starting in late September.
New Habitations from North to East: 11 years after 3.11 (photos by Takuro Toyama, poems by Natsumi Seo) will be published by YYY PRESS. This book will be available at bookstores and through e-commerce websites starting in late September.
It has been about a year and a half since Seo and I discussed the possibility of creating something while we were traveling in northern Iwate prefecture for this project. After traveling with photographer Takuroh Toyama and designer Natsuko Yoneyama, a book of photographs and poems was born. We hope you will take a look at it.
Takuro Toyama
Photographer. Born in Miyazaki Prefecture in 1988, lives in Kanagawa Prefecture. Around 2010, he began taking photographs to document personal events. After holding a solo exhibition in 2012, he has focused on exhibiting his works and producing photo books. He also does commission work mainly in fields such as art, music, and fashion. His photo books include “Sight” (2018) and “DEVENIR” (2021). Exhibitions include "DEVENIR 2022/11/11-11/27" (Bookstore Aohata, 2022).
Natsumi Seo
Painter, writer. Born in 1988 in Tokyo, currently currently living in Tokyo. She creates paintings and texts while thinking about recording the language and landscape of the local people. In the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, she moved to Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture, where she began collaborating with filmmaker Haruka Komori. Since then, she has been researching and producing while temporarily living in Marumori Town, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. Her books include "Rikuzentakata, Living After the Earthquake" (2019) and "Double Town/Song of the Replacement Area" (2021).