KOJI ONAKA - NOGATA (SIGNED)
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KOJI ONAKA
NOGATA (SIGNED)
Published by Kaido Books, 2015
Book size, 21 x 15 cm
Pages, 80 pages
Softcover
2nd edition of 300
“Nogata was a coal mining town in the Chikuho area of Kyushu. Ken Domon published a famous photobook about the closure of the mines and the effects on children living in that area called “Chikuho No Kodomotachi” in 1960. I was born in the town of Nogata that very same year. My family's house was right behind Nogata station.
There were still many steam trains at the station in those days. My family moved to another prefecture when I was a 3rd grade elementary school student. Because of this, I can't say that I really grew up in Nogata. And more, I don't feel I really know anything about Nogata either. From 1983 onwards, I sometimes went back and visited Nogata with my camera, but at that time I didn't think I wanted to take documentary photos of them. These days, I have a little bit of regret that I didn't take a photo of the old station of the Onaka house as it was back then. I was looking for something like a hint of my childhood memories of the town in my photos.”
-Koji Onaka, afterword.
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"Nogata was a mining town in the Chikuho region of Kyushu. Ken Domon published a famous photo book in 1960 about the closing of the mines and the effects on children living in the area, called "Chikuho No Kodomotachi". I was born in Nogata City that same year. My family's house was right behind Nogata Station.
There were still a lot of steam trains at the station at that time. My family moved to another prefecture when I was in the third grade of elementary school. For that reason, I can't say that I really grew up in Nogata. And what's more, I don't feel like I really knew Nogata either. From 1983 onwards, I occasionally went back to visit Nogata with my camera, but at the time, I didn't think I wanted to take documentary photos. Now, I regret a little bit that I didn't take photos of the old Onaka House Station as it was back then. I was looking for something like a hint of my childhood memories of the city in my photos."
- According to Koji Onaka.