[OUT OF PRINT] NOZOMI IIJIMA’S HANDMADE PHOTOBOOK “THE HIDDEN BLOOD” RED EDITION

[OUR OF PRINT NOW!]
Reminders Photography Stronghold’s first exhibition in 2015 is “the hidden blood” by Nozomi Iijima.
Iijima continues to question the value and meaning of life with her photography. For this project, she wonders about the “lives” of livestock, which is her family’s business and something she is familiar with. This is her second solo presentation at RPS. For this exhibition, she will show the prints that were exhibited at “Japanese Photography Showcase: Coexistence”, curated by Yumi Goto for Obscura Photo Festival in Penang, Malaysia.
Her handmade photo books will be produced for a limited time only for the exhibition period. Please take a look at the books during the exhibition.
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This is a special RED edition, produced to order during the exhibition period.

These are 10 original prints (RC paper, 5 x 7” or 13 x 18cm) for 4. Handmade photo book, special RED edition “the hidden blood” (28×20cm)

Author and handmade photobook production by Nozomi Iijima
all signed and editioned 20X28 cm 68 pages
Art direction and editorial coordination by Yumi Goto
Translated by Mai Masunari
Proof reading by Eric Gunderson / Kazuhiko Matsumura
In collaboration with Reminders Photography Stronghold.
This is a limited time production between January 10th to February 8th 2015

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We are accepting orders from January 10th to February 8th only. Shipping will be starting around late January

artist statement
In the areas surrounding my family’s livestock farm, people plant trees to keep out of sight and are very cautious of how they dispose of excreta.

One of our clients told us they wanted to place a photograph of a pig at a piggery in their shop. We turned them down saying “It’s not a beautiful thing to photograph, nor frame.
We would just like our customers to enjoy tasty pork without having to think of where it came from.
Hygiene control is very well organized in livestock farms. However, due to a lack of understanding, we try to keep people who aren’t familiar with livestock farms away.
This in turn means our livestock miss out on the recognition they deserve as animals.

I recall a time when I was a child that we didn’t organize surgery for a sick cow.
I was afraid the cow was enduring a pain in silence and waiting for death while I led an easy life in the same space.
My mind was occupied with what I should do if someone were to become aware of this situation. Would they blame my family? I felt relieved when the cow passed, but at the same time I recognized hiding their existence was cruel and selfish.

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