Short Trip Again & Slow Boat
Koji Onaka
Negative Gallery
English and Korean
Softcover
16 pages
230 x 200 mm
2014
“People often say to me, “You’re lucky that all you have to do is going to places like whenever you feel like it, and when you’re done taking photos as stroll around, you can spend the rest of your time sitting back and drinking.” I agree with them 100 percent. I myself wonder how I can make a living from taking such useless photos as mine. They are not astonishing scenes, nor are not taken with superb timing too. They do not convey mystifying sensations or intense impressions. They do not have healing effects, but they do not provide any answers. Much less are they stories or documentaries. But it’s not bad to be able to continue taking photos in the way I do.”
– Koji Onaka
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.
https://www.gallerynegative.co.kr
