The town you live in | Yoshiyuki Okuyama | Seigensha 2024 [REPRINT]

The imperfect copy has a small damage on the obi.

"Since 2010, Yoshiyuki Okuyama has pursued a prolific career as a photographer and filmmaker, actively publishing and exhibiting his own works on the one hand while also creating a memorable body of projects on commission on the other. The Town You Live In, featuring young actresses photographed in various locations around Tokyo, was originally serialized for three years in the magazine Eyescream; issued in book form by Space Shower Networks in 2017, it attracted attention for its impressive lineup of stars as well as for Okuyama’s use of a simple Polaroid camera, among other innovative techniques, to bring out new dimensions of their appeal.

Now, that book, which has fallen out of print in the seven years since, returns in a new edition under a new publisher.

Each photo, shot as though in a jam session with the subject based on a close process of dialogue and rapport-building, captures the actress with a sparkling look on her face that she reveals nowhere else. The synergy between the stars’ magic and Okuyama’s creative talents gives rise to a gem of a series that Okuyama himself treasures for having inspired a breakthrough in his own art. Another “star” of the series is Tokyo itself: with their inimitable outlook and graphical compositions, Okuyama’s Polaroid shots of the city offer a valuable record of its appearance before the 2020 Olympics even as they stand as one-of-a-kind images in their own right.

This edition preserves the layout of the original while thoroughly reworking the printing process and giving a new color to the cover among other updates, resulting in a nostalgic yet fresh encounter with thirty-five actresses—and the city of Tokyo—as they were a decade or so ago." - From publisher's website