{"product_id":"what-i-am-doing-new-edition","title":"What I Am Doing (New Edition)","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat I Am Doing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings together the work of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEiko Yamazawa (1899–1995)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a pioneering Japanese photographer whose experimental practice has only recently begun to receive wider international attention.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published alongside her first major posthumous retrospective in 2019, this new edition focuses on Yamazawa’s abstract photography from the 1970s and 1980s, while also reproducing her important 1962 photobook \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFar and Near\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — offering a fuller view of how her experimental language developed across her career.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYamazawa first studied photography in the United States in the 1920s and became one of Japan’s first female professional photographers, opening a portrait studio in Osaka in 1931. After retiring in 1960, she turned toward abstraction, experimenting with colour, form, repetition, and the photographic process itself. Her later photographs often turned the camera back onto photography — photographing camera equipment, revisiting earlier works, and questioning what a photograph could be.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book is structured in reverse chronology, tracing her abstract work back to its origins and placing her practice alongside the American photography she encountered throughout her life. Across 158 plates, it brings together portraits, wartime photographs, abstract works, archival materials, and writings by Yamazawa herself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor readers interested in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJapanese photography, women photographers, experimental and abstract photography, and the history of photography beyond established mainstream narratives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat I Am Doing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers an opportunity to rediscover an important but long-overlooked photographic voice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English \u0026amp; Japanese\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover | 224 pages | 158 images\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 297\u003cspan\u003e x 210mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2026 | First Edition\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-4-86541-231-4\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akaaka Art Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47672441077922,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/8521\/files\/What_I_Am_Doing_New_Edition_01.png?v=1789971183","url":"https:\/\/zontiga.com\/products\/what-i-am-doing-new-edition","provider":"Zontiga","version":"1.0","type":"link"}