Little Faded Trip
Koji Onaka
Negative Gallery
English and Japanese
Softcover
Editon 116/150
16 pages
150 x 200 mm
2021
Unable to travel, Koji Onaka directed his attention towards the past. In spring of 2020, the developing corona pandemic made staying at home a necessity. In lieu of traveling to other countries and regions, Japanese photographer Koji Onaka decided to travel in time. He stayed in his darkroom and hand-printed photographs taken during trips all over Japan from more 20-odd years ago. Although the color negatives had already begun fading, the new mysterious color tones proved a blessing rather than a drawback. Subject-wise, Onaka focuses on mundane views whose inherent beauty reveals itself through framing, arrangement and subtle colour tones. This limited edition catalogue was published alongside the exhibition in Negative Gallery in 2021.
(Source: https://www.shashasha.co/en/book/little-faded-trip)
About the Artist
In 1982, after graduating from Tokyo Photography College at 22, Onaka joined “CAMP,” an independent gallery founded by Daido Moriyama. Their first exhibition took place in 1983, featuring photos of Onaka’s hometown, which he hadn’t visited since childhood. At 28, he opened “Gallery Kaido” and held a series of 32 exhibitions titled “Seitaka-awadachiso” over four years. After the series ended, Onaka published his first photo book. Since then, he has traveled extensively in rural Japan and abroad, always searching for traces of their memories in the places he visits.
www.onakakoji.com
(Source: https://www.onakakoji.com/biography-english/)
About the Publisher
Negative Gallery is a publisher based in Busan, South Korea.
