Chieko Shiraishi Shimakage, Mini Collotype Portfolio | Chieko Shiraishi | Benrido 2023

This portfolio contains six prints made with collotype technique by Benrido with signature photos by Chieko Shiraishi.

From publisher's website: "Shimakage is literally translated as ‘Island Shadow’ and this work brings together varying images taken from Japan’s surrounding islands and coastal areas. These images are an old retouching technique known as ‘zōkin-gake’ which was previously popular amongst amateur photographers in Japan during the 1920s and 30s. As a result, the images beautifully evoke a faded memory, the landscapes appear and disappear within the image from the photographers own memory, standing as faint silhouettes against the backdrop of an obscured memory."