Ironing Photographs by Yukihito Kono

A collection of works by Japanese photographer Yukihito Kono.

“For the past few years, I have not created a photographic work consisting of personal photographs taken in my daily life. The act of exposing it as a subject no longer had a great impact, and he questioned the recent tendency to place too much emphasis on storytelling and visuality. The photos in this zine are no exception, and were taken last year to test the camera.As a photographer who has been working with autobiographical works, I wanted to recreate the impact of everyday life. What can we do? I believe that the first step is to withdraw from such competition and fundamentally review our actions and methods.”ーYukito Kono

"For the past few years, I haven't made any photographic works that consist of personal photographs taken in everyday life. It's because the act of exposing private lives as a subject no longer has a major impact as before in an era in which everyone "shares" their personal matters, and I've been skeptical about the recent tendency of it to place too much emphasis on narratives and visual elements. mere records of something for personal purpose. These photographs in this zine were also taken as test shots last year. As a photographer who likes and has worked on autobiographical works, what I currently think I can do to regenerate the impact of everyday life is, to withdraw from such competition and re-consider the meaning of the act of exposing everyday lives." - Yukihito Kono

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Title: Ironing Photographs
Artist: Yukihito Kono
Las Injurius, 2021
Softcover, hand-stitched
210 x 148 mm, 20 pages
First edition of 50 copies, numbered
￥1,000 + tax