Mirai Chan
Kotori Kawashima
Nanarokusha Publishing
Japanese
Softcover
154 x 228 mm
204 pages
2011
ISBN 9784904292099
This photobook by Kotori Kawashima documents Mirai Chan, the four-year-old daughter of one of his friends. The image-maker accompanied parent and child on a trip from rural Japan to Paris, documenting the young girl’s reactions to her first big adventure along the way, resulting in a heartwarming photo-book, released in 2011.
(source: https://elephant.art/kotori-kawashima-mirai-chan-2011-23042020/)
About the Artist
Kotori Kawashima is a Japanese photographer born in 1980. After graduating from Waseda University Faculty of Letters, Department of French Studies studied under Motoki Numata. “Mirai-chan” (2011), which has been shooting Sado girls for a year, has sold 120,000 copies, which is unusual for a photo book, and holds travelling exhibitions in Japan and overseas.
(source: https://medium.com/beex-project-photography-visual-art/kotori-kawashima-the-art-of-making-the-invisible-visible-bd1c5320236)
About the Publisher
Nanarokusha is a publisher based in Tokyo founded in 2008.
nanarokusha.com
(source: http://www.nanarokusha.com/storeservice-company#company)
