George Hashiguchi : Work 1991-1995

George Hashiguchi's photobook "Work" is a re-edited compilation of a series that was serialized in the job information magazine "Gaten" from 1991 to 1995. It features black and white portraits of approximately 80 people working in various professions across Japan, including building demolition workers, shoemakers, bus guides, tattoo artists, and auto mechanics.

A distinctive feature of this book lies in the words accompanying the photographs. Alongside details about their careers, incomes, and feelings about their jobs, answers to casual questions like "What did you have for breakfast this morning?" are included, subtly outlining the contours of each person's life. Hashiguchi's approach, which views subjects not as special beings but as "just a person in that place at that time," is consistent throughout both the photographs and the text.

By portraying people engaged in professions that rarely appear on the surface of media, along with the accumulation of their environments and time, the book visualizes the countless activities that support our society. It is a powerful document that conveys the reality of work and life while staying close to individual lives.

*This book is a discarded library book, so the cover has been laminated (booker specification). Please be aware of this in advance.

[Title] Shoku 1991-1995 WORK
[Publisher] Media Factory
[Date of Publication] June 22, 1996 (First Edition)
[Number of Pages] 224 pages
[Size] Approx. 320*300*17mm / 1,373g
[Format] Softcover
[Language] Japanese, English
[Title Reading] SHOKU
[Author/Editor]  George Hashiguchi/Author, Taichi Yamada/Commentary
[Printing] Mitsumura Printing/Printing and Binding
[ISBN] 9784889913873
[Condition] Used Discarded Library Book 【1】Has flaws (cover laminated/booker specification, stamp on colophon, light tanning on three sides)
[Accessories] None
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George Hashiguchi (born 1949)

Born March 25, 1949, in Kagoshima Prefecture.

Dropped out of Aoyama Photography School.
In 1981, he received the 18th Taiyo Award for "Gaze," which photographed young people in the city.
His works are broadly divided into documentaries such as "We Can't Stay Anywhere," which captures young people in cities around the world, and life-work series focusing on Japanese people. The latter includes "17-year-olds," which follows 17-year-olds, "Father," which photographs fathers, and "Couple," which captures couples.
Hashiguchi is known for candidly depicting the lives and emotions of ordinary people through his photographs, continually questioning what it means to be human and what society is.

In 1992, he received the Photographic Society of Japan Annual Award and the Higashikawa Award for Domestic Artists for his photobooks "BERLIN" and "Couple."

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