I thought “Follow the Light Within” is the first photo book I designed,…
BUT!!!
“relaxmax on the road”
is the first one I designed!
photographs from Morocco
“under the blue sky of Morocco” !!!
I was working for Design company in 2004(till 2006?)
There was ” Mac, photoshop, illustrator , and CANON PRINTER!!”
I scanned my VELVIA with Canon printer (it had scanner as well!).
Black is beautiful!
It was when I learned how to use illustrator (I learned by myself! at office:) , … ah okay! so “how to make trim mark”? A3 new file , A4 trim mark…? haha kind of Age!
I designed in 2005 or 2006(? before my exhibition at the party! )
A4 book (kind of poster zine)
and
A3 poster design
relaxmax on the road
I sent my book (portfolio)
to CANON new cosmos (guess in 2006?)
…and
I got COMMENT from DAIDO!
saying
“portfolio(book) is better”
(than VELVIA print?)
I was 30? at that time … and now DAIDO is 85!
Happy birthday DAIDO! and
Please take care ( I read he was in hospital in his 80s once…) and
Mr. and Mrs. Nakagawa was traveling together (15? years it said in Obi from newspaper in Australia?) on Earth! (70s! it was 360 yen = 1USD!) worked and saved up in NY for 2 years and got his Camera…( They didn’t fly (maybe no FLIGHT? kind of “AGE”? … they travel by SHIP!)
After long journey, Mr. Nakagawa had exhibition in Ginza, met Mr. Katsui! he was so into Mr. Nakagawa’s photos ! so! Photo book “TIMELESS” designed by Mitsuo Katsui was born!
Mr. Katsui is (really really Famous Designer! …(but when I was in my 20s I didn’t know much about him…his Design at MOMA(don’t know which one …) and He was art director for Osaka Expo! in 60s!
TIMELESS
is the first book I got
after I thought, Okay! I want to take photos! more:)!! (in Morocco, I met children in the dessert and they said “It’s tranquil here…relaxmax)
Alex はたぶんオンラインで読むことできるrelaxmaxの写真集見たことあると思うけど！
(リンクは送ったかなー^_^昔！)
(下)Alexが次に出す本
I guess Alex Webb read my photobook online (I sent him link years ago! after workshop in 2018!)
His new book (I saw on his insta, looked similar to “TIMELESS” (or Magico Mexico! It’s same size! ) … I wonder what size is it (Alex’s dislocations … I just saw on the net so difficult to tell but …
then I remembered!
his other book (with his wife)
Waves (landscape photo , Wave! ) design is like the one I did for Magico Mexico!
like these pages! :)
、、、それで思い出したけど
Alex のランドスケープ(FUJIの中判カメラみたいな！)Waves！の海(横長に見開きデザインで、、「ランドスケープ」) アレ！も、、、けっこー私デザインの(、、、この本とか別の本！)
double-page spread！！！
( for landscapes ! I designed in 2018! for my photobook “Magico Mexico”!)
見開きでコレ！^_^5000BCの壁画！
RUINAS YAGUL Oaxaca Mexico2018 relaxmax on the road雲に誘われてコレは2012！^_^
(ココも好き！別の街！2回行った^_^)DÍA DE LOS CUERVA
CAVE DAY 2012!
the last night meal from WS! , then I was at Zocalo, thinking … ah I really love this feeling! so difficult to go back HOME :)! ( to my friend’s house to sleep…!)
