{"product_id":"ishiuchi-miyako-traces","title":"Ishiuchi, Miyako: Traces","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA fifty-year career retrospective of Ishiuchi Miyako, Japan’s most influential living female photographer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough subjects as diverse as old apartment blocks, human scars, kimono fabrics, personal belongings of the deceased and even her own water-damaged prints, Ishiuchi Miyako manifests the invisible, capturing time, atmosphere and memory in photographic form. Her work is at once deeply personal and evocative of the wider world hinted at by the traces recorded within the frame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince beginning her career in the 1970s, Ishiuchi has become one of Japan’s foremost photographers, leading the way for female practitioners in a scene that has traditionally been male dominated. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIshiuchi Miyako: Traces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e charts the course of her practice over fifty years and identifies themes that resurface throughout her work, including her relationship with place, the passage of time and the bodies and possessions of people, always with an emphasis on materiality and ephemerality. Three thematic sections – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSkin \u0026amp; Scars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThings Left Behind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – include series such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eYokosuka Story\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which documents her hometown; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e1 · 9 · 4 · 7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in which she photographed the hands and feet of fifty women born in the same year as her; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFrida\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which catalogues the possessions of the artist Frida Kahlo. The major photographic series appear alongside lesser-known works and previously unpublished material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith extracts from Ishiuchi’s previous writings, an in-depth interview by Lena Fritsch and a newly commissioned essay by Ishiuchi herself, the artist’s voice is present throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle\u003c\/strong\u003e: Traces\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher, Year\u003c\/strong\u003e: Thames \u0026amp; Hudson Ltd, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors\u003c\/strong\u003e: Lena Fritsch and Yasufumi Nakamori\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhotographer\u003c\/strong\u003e: Ishiuchi Miyako\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: 27.5 x 22.2 cm, 260 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 978-0500028384\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TPG Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57050538377596,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2244\/5351\/files\/Tracesshop.png?v=1782058720","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.thephotographersgallery.org.uk\/products\/ishiuchi-miyako-traces","provider":"TPG Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}