Family of lies Hajime KIMURA

" Family of lies "

Author: Hajime Kimura

Publisher: Three Books

Size: 215mm x 155mm

Publication year: 2024

Language: Japanese / English

Condition: New, hardcover

Content
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I didn't tell anyone that my family had passed away until a certain point. It was like I had a fake family, and I was talking as if they were still there, even though they had passed away... I don't know why, but I think it was probably because of my mother or father's influence.
I have to admit somewhere that my family is far from the ideal I had imagined, but I don't want to admit it publicly. So in front of my friends, I'm just dreaming... For me, family is something I detest, something I don't want people to know about, and I think of it as something shameful.
- Hajime Kimura

The first in the "koe project" series by Three Books, photographer Hajime Kimura talks about his own family in this book, which interweaves interviews with poetic photographs and carefully unravels the uncertain relationships he has with his family.
The space that emerges between words and images, or the slight discrepancy between our gaze and the world captured by the camera, subtly shakes the contours of reality and poses quiet questions within us.
Introducing The False Family, the first volume in the koe project series by Three Books. In this book, photographer Hajime Kimura reflects on his own family, weaving together interviews and poetic photographs to carefully unravel the uncertain and shifting nature of familial relationships. The spaces between words and images, or the subtle discrepancies between our gaze and the world as captured by the camera, gently blur the contours of reality, inviting us to contemplate its quiet ambiguities.

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