{"product_id":"beginnings-1975","title":"Beginnings: 1975","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst Edition, 2018. 58 pages.Book measures 9 x 9 inches. Photo illustrated paper-covered boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Miyako on the front endpaper. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Beginnings: 1975” is a collection of 45 of Miyako Ishiuchi’s earliest photographs. Ishiuchi discovered the images by chance while preparing a solo exhibition at the Yokohama Museum of Art. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe photos were taken from within Ishiuchi’s daily life, and developed in a makeshift darkroom in her parents’ house. The black \u0026amp; white photos “provoke no nostalgia, no sentimental memories; they appear instead as mysterious proof of the depth of the decades between that time and my life today,” writes Ishiuchi in her afterword (presented in Japanese and English), adding: “Although I still find them imperfect, I recognize I already had the vision that led me to create ‘Yokosuka Story,’ ‘Apartment,’ and ‘Endless Nights.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bendowa Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48037502222510,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0696\/0149\/3166\/files\/Beginnings-1975-Ishiuchi-Miyako-1.jpg?v=1783095762","url":"https:\/\/bendowabooks.com\/products\/beginnings-1975","provider":"Bendowa Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}