{"product_id":"encounter-a-supplement-to-dear-old-days","title":"Encounter\/A supplement to Dear Old Days","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e你好小朋友别册 - 遇見 Encounter\/A supplement to Dear Old Days\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing Ryoji Akiyama’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDear Old Days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e trilogy, published between 2019 and 2021, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEncounter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings together 49 previously unpublished photographs made in China during the 1980s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnlike the earlier books, many of the children in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEncounter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e look directly into Akiyama’s camera. These moments of eye contact reveal something more intimate: the brief connection between a photographer and the people he encountered, captured across a very different China.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe idea of encounter continues beyond the photographs. Following the 2019 reprint of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDear Old Days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a Chinese media campaign helped reunite Akiyama with some of the children he had photographed decades earlier — now grown adults. The project also brought him back together with the people who had guided him through China in the 1980s, including members of the China Photographers’ Association. Their stories and interviews are included alongside a contribution from Akiyama’s daughter, Miyako.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this sense, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEncounter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is not simply another collection of photographs. It is a reflection on the relationships that photographs can create and preserve long after the moment itself has passed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor readers interested in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJapanese photography, documentary photography, photobooks, portraiture, and the relationship between photography and human connection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEncounter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a moving continuation of Akiyama’s long-term exploration of childhood, memory, and time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e+++\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: Chinese \u0026amp; Japanese\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Softcover | 100 pages\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 178\u003cspan\u003e x 250mm \u003c\/span\u003e| 328g\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: First Edition | 2023\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-4-909787-07-1\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seisodo 青艸堂","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47672341430434,"sku":null,"price":155.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/8521\/files\/EncounterAsupplementtoDearOldDays01.png?v=1790383593","url":"https:\/\/zontiga.com\/products\/encounter-a-supplement-to-dear-old-days","provider":"Zontiga","version":"1.0","type":"link"}