Book Release
I am excited to announce the publication of my first monograph WHISPERING HOPE.
Over the course of 5 years (2011-2016), a Japanese photographer Chikara Umihara made a series of trips across the USA by Greyhound Bus without any specific destination in mind. The project was focused around the idea of consuming the time and distance on the road. Chikara created the rules to confine himself to the bus and the stops it makes. Combining views from bus window, portraits of bus passengers, bus stations, and short texts, WHISPERING HOPE illustrates a personal and poignant view on a nation.
Photographs & Texts: Chikara Umihara
Design: -SYB-
Lithography: supervised by Colour & Books, Sebastiaan Hanekroot
Printer: Jos Morree, FINE BOOKS, The Netherlands
Size: 21 x 33 cm
Pages: 152
Images: 69 color photographs
Texts: 10 x English, 10 x Japanese
Binding: thread sewn, open spine binding with glued on boards
ISBN: 978-4-9909742-0-6
Year: 2017
1st Printing: 300 copies
Please take a look at
http://www.chikaraphotography.com/works.html
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