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A collection of works by Japanese photographer Kono Yukito.

"For the past few years, I have not produced any photographic works that are made up of personal photographs taken in my daily life. In an age where everyone "shares" their private lives, the act of exposing them as a subject no longer has a big impact in itself, and I have doubts about the recent trend of overemphasizing narrative and visuality. As a result, the photographs I take on a daily basis have become solely for record purposes. The photographs included in this zine are no exception, and were taken last year to test a camera. As a photographer who enjoys and has worked on autobiographical works, what can I do to regenerate the impact of the everyday? I believe that the first step is to withdraw from such competition and fundamentally reconsider my actions and methods." 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. For those reasons, the photographs I take on a daily basis have become 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
The Injuries, 2021
Softcover, hand-stitched
210 x 148 mm, 20 pages
First edition of 50 copies, numbered
￥1,000 + tax