Battleship Island /
In July 2015, Makiko was granted rare permission to photograph the restricted zone of Battleship Island, shortly after it was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Ringed by a seawall, and covered in tightly packed buildings, the tiny fortress-like island was once the most densely populated pl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Japanese |
| Language Notes: | Photographer's note in Japanese with English translation, all other text in English. |
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Stockport, England :
Dewi Lewis Publishing,
[2018]
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| Summary: | In July 2015, Makiko was granted rare permission to photograph the restricted zone of Battleship Island, shortly after it was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Ringed by a seawall, and covered in tightly packed buildings, the tiny fortress-like island was once the most densely populated place on Earth. Now it is a ghost town, completely uninhabited for more than forty years. In the book, archive photographs break the eerie silence of the island's contemporary landscape and, through the memories of a former resident of the island, Makiko brings it back to life. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1911306227 9781911306221 |