"PASTIME PARADISE" is a photo book that compiles the photographs Yurie Nagashima took over a period of approximately eight years, from 1992 to 2000. The book is permeated with the artist's perspective on "the self," including nude portraits of her family, self-portraits, and records of everyday life and youth culture from her time studying in the United States. It explores the possibilities of what can be told through photography, blurring the boundaries between subject and photographer, self and others, and private and public.
This is a pioneering work in Japanese photography of the 1990s that captures the body and relationships from a woman's perspective, and is one of Nagashima's early representative works, as well as an important photo book for understanding her subsequent activities.
[Title] PASTIME PARADISE [Publisher] Madra Publishing [Publication date] December 20, 2000 (1st edition) [Number of pages] Unpaginated [Size] Approx. 21.2 x 14.8 x 3.1 cm, 0.91 kg [Format] Softcover [Title reading] Pastime Paradise [Author/Editor] Akiyama Gugi/Art Director [Printing] Dai Nippon Printing/Printing and Binding [ISBN] 4-944079-23-0 [Condition] Used [ 4 ] Average to below average (front, spine, and back covers slightly faded, slight edge wear, slight stains on top, slight damage to binding, no problems reading through) [Accessories] Obi [Featured books] [Related Exhibitions]
Yurie Nagashima (1973-)
Born in Tokyo in 1973. While studying at Musashino Art University in 1993, he attracted attention when he won the 17th Canon New Cosmos of Photography Excellence Award for a self-portrait featuring his family. Since then, he has consistently produced works that explore the intersection of the private sphere and social gaze, focusing on themes such as gender, family, the body, and identity.
In 2001, he won the 26th Kimura Ihei Photography Award for his photo book "PASTIME PARADISE" (Madra Publishing). His major solo exhibitions include "And a Pinch of Irony and a Little Bit of Love" (Shiseido Gallery, 2004) and "About My Family, About Me" (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2017). Professor at Tama Art University. His books include "Memories of the Back" (Kodansha Essay Award winner), "Self-Portraits" and "Photographing a Family."
