Japan-Go-Round / Maki Hayashida
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Maki Hayashida
Japan-Go-Round
Japan, 2014
Self-published
56pp
Edition of 50
Art direction and editorial coordination by Jan Rosseel, Yumi Goto
My lifework project "JAPAN-GO-ROUND" captured landscapes of nature touched by human. Even if it looks like untouched wild nature at a glance, there are always human communities near by. In other words, I'm not taking any adventure at all to photograph these scenery. I'm just visiting and taking a look into communities in rural areas of all across Japan.
I've been having short trips from Tokyo to various rural areas since 2013, and I always end up with finding the essence of how we live. It is because there still exist traditional land use that have evolved from local communities' long-term efforts to adapt to their surrounding environments and enjoy their bounties in a sustainable manner.
Satoyama (landscapes) and Satoumi (seascapes) are the Japanese names for these sustainable human-influenced natural environments. Since current global trends have highlighted efficiency and convenience in capitalism, I've started this project to reconsider the importance of Satoyama and Satoumi. There may be another clue for better life globaly in such sustainable human-influenced natural environments in Japan.
Awards
2014 International Photography Award, Honorable Mention (Book)
The Photobook Market, Encontros da Imagem, winner
Exhibitions
The Photobook Market, Encontros da Imagem
The Photobook Show, Athens Photo Festival 2015
THEBOOKSHOW the 3rd edition
La Fototeca's Photo Book Exhibition
BIND at Travel Photo Jaipur
Reviews
Darwin Magazine
Read the article on phosmag
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Artist Info
Maki Hayashida, born in 1984 in Hyogo, is a Tokyo-based photographer who travels around rural areas in Japan, finding the extraordinary in ordinary rural landscapes. She specializes in making photobooks on her own, self-editing, printing, and binding. Her handmade photo books have been exhibited worldwide. She learned the fundamental of photography when she was a one-year exchange student at high school in Minnesota.
