This is a photo book by Michiko Kon, a photographer who creates unique photographs by combining raw foods such as fish and vegetables with clothing. In the new edition of ``EAT'' published in the year he won the Kimura Ihei Prize in 1991, it has been passed down as a famous story that on the obi was written ``Please do not show this book to children.'' This book consists of 35 works carefully selected from works from 1979 to 2010. A design that leaves an impression, including a cover made of a special fabric that changes its appearance depending on the viewing angle. Book design is by Kei Machiguchi of Match & Company. The third volume of the label "M/Light" managed by Kei Machiguchi.
・Publisher: MATCH and Company (2011)
・Number of pages: 64 pages
・Signed

■Michiko Kon (Photographer)
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1955. After graduating from the School of Art and Design as a printmaker in 1978, he studied photography at the Tokyo College of Photography until 1980. In 1990, he won the 16th Kimura Ihei Photography Award for his solo exhibition "EAT Recent Works" held at Photo Gallery International. Many of his works are in public collections, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the Houston Museum of Art (USA), and the Vincent Van Gogh Museum (France).

■M/Light
The publishing company MATCH and Company is a label for publishing works by photographers of the generation of their fathers that art director Hikari Machiguchi has focused on from her own perspective. The label places emphasis on introducing the works of photographers of a generation older than Machiguchi and his peers.
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[Staff review]

staff:Akatsuka
Key Points: This book contains photographs of objects created with a unique sensibility, such as a hat made of horse mackerel and heels decorated with salmon and flounder. You can see a unique worldview in which the things around us are expressed in surprising ways.

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