From the Hip

From the Hip — Yoshihiko UEDA

From the Hip traces the forty-year career of Japanese photographer Yoshihiko Ueda across nearly 700 pages of photographs. Spanning from his earliest works—including the previously unpublished Quinault series on the sacred forests of Native Americans—to his most recent projects, the book captures the full scope and evolution of Ueda’s vision.

Each image, framed by generous white margins and paired with a brief caption, reveals Ueda’s wide-ranging practice: private and commercial work, portraits and product shots, raw landscapes and cityscapes, images of celebrities and ordinary people alike. The sheer breadth of genres, styles, and subjects is both expansive and deeply interconnected.

Interwoven with the photographs are Ueda’s personal notes—anecdotes from shoots, reflections on his creative process, and musings on the meaning of photography. Essays by Minoru Shimizu and Yuichiroh Takashima further explore the ideas and philosophies that have shaped his lifelong practice. All texts are presented in both Japanese and English.

“To Yoshihiko Ueda, ‘things as they are’ does not mean reduction to a singular essence. It represents the randomness of a world ruled by unseen forces—flows of capital, trends, and circumstance.

In surrendering to that world, he finds grace in chance encounters and fleeting moments of coincidence. This is the journey of Yoshihiko Ueda—an artist of both abandonment and aspiration.” — from Minoru Shimizu’s essay, “Abandonment and Aspiration: The Journey of Yoshihiko Ueda”

Language: English, Japanese
Format: Hardcover | 768 pages
Dimensions: 188 x 210mm | 1600g
ISBN: 978-4-86541-198-0 C0072