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Floating in the Snow
,
First
Edition
Edition
2025
Softcover
Perfect
binding
48
Pages
10
"
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7.5
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$ 38
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Tomoki Hirokawa's "Floating in the Snow" presents the winter forests of Akita in northern Japan as if they were scenes from another world. Photographed in the depths of winter, with all the necessary conditions - temperature differences, wind direction and strength, humidity - perfectly aligned for frost to cover the trees and turn the entire landscape of the mountains around them white. The almost abstract beauty of her photographs is heightened by the unique texture of the pages, printed on a pearlescent paper that visually and texturally resembles ice crystals.
“Frost-laden trees—the first time I encountered this scenery was in the winter of 2012, during a visit to Mount Moriyoshi, tucked away in Akita’s Ani area. I remember the day vividly: a cold wave swept through Tohoku, plunging temperatures near the summit to a brutal minus 20°C.
With visibility low in the thick fog and falling snow, these shapes emerged faintly, as if white creatures were absorbing the mist and snow, growing larger and more alive. They seemed posed to move; a strange presence lingering in their deep, blue shadows amid the blizzard, drawing me in with a quiet allure.
Since then, I have made my way to Zao, Hakkoda, and Moriyoshi, especially seeking out days of cold waves and harsh weather. Immersed in these ethereal forests, I have captured the ever-shifting forms of nature.”
- Tomoki Hirokawa, “Floating in the Snow”
