青幻舎 SEIGENSHA Art Publishing

Seoul, fall to winter: Over seven months till the coming of spring, Japanese photographer Kawashima Kotori walked the Korean capital, at first alone with his senses taut, and then, little by little, with the feeling that the city had gotten to know him and grown more embracing. The images he encountered in that time—of the nighttime streets, of the crisp air, of the river Han, of the people he met, of solitude, of teeming passion—are captured in works remarkable for their concentration and release of energy, now brought together into a single volume.

About the limited edition

• 300 copies (types A–F x 50 copies)
• Clothbound with integrated bookmark
• Every copy is signed by the author and distinguished by a serial number
• Types A–F each feature a different cover and include one bonus giclée print (roughly 130 x 180 mm), as shown below
  (Giclée is a state-of-the-art reproduction process in which artwork is digitized and printed on fine-art stock using a specialized inkjet printer. It yields superior-quality reproductions that are considered to be highly durable and lasting.)
• Inside pages are the same as in the regular edition

Type A

Type B

Type C

Type D

Type E

Type F

Photographer Kawashima Kotori graduated in French studies from Waseda University. Major publications include Baby Baby (Singpoosha, 2007), Mirai-chan (Nanarokusha, 2011), Myojo (Evening Star; Nanarokusha, 2014), Oyasumi kamitachi (Good Night, Dear Kami; coauthored with Tanikawa Shuntaro, Nanarokusha, 2014), Ohayo moshimoshi aishiteru (Good Morning, Hello, I Love You; CCC Art Lab, 2020), (Sekai)² ([World]²; piyo piyo press, 2021) and s(e)oul mate (YYY Press, 2024). He is the recipient of the 2011 Kodansha Publication Culture Award for Photography and the 2014 Kimura Ihei Award.
Official website: http://kawashimakotori.com/
Instagram: @kotori_kawashima