{"product_id":"ishikawa-mao-port-town-elegy","title":"Ishikawa, Mao: Port Town Elegy","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Port Town Elegy It was in 1983 when I got divorced at the age of 30. Since I was not confident that I could live as photographer with a daughter, I decided to run a bar to make some steady money. I opened a bar in the middle of a residential area near Aja-Shinko port in Naha, where cargo ships come and go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of the guests were men, including port workers and fishermen. They talked in the Okinawan language, drank a lot, fought each other; my bar was always lively.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI fell in love with one of the guests who worked at the port, and we started living together in an apartment near the bar. Near there, I found a little old house where a man was living alone after his wife and kids had left. Some men always gathered in the house, drinking all day, sometimes fighting to -– making a man’s world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNobody approached this house where scary-looking guys got together, but my boyfriend visited there every day. I also went with him, out of curiosity, to the house and started to shoot pictures of those men. Even when they started to fight and beat each other up, I just kept shooting silently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Mao ISHIKAWA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle\u003c\/strong\u003e: A Port Town Elegy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher, Year\u003c\/strong\u003e: Zen Foto Gallery, 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Mao Ishikawa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhotographer\u003c\/strong\u003e: Mao Ishikawa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Softcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: 25.7 x 17.8 cm, 96 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TPG Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57050501906812,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2244\/5351\/files\/APortTownElegy.jpg?v=1782058315","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.thephotographersgallery.org.uk\/products\/ishikawa-mao-port-town-elegy","provider":"TPG Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}