制作雑記

My new photograph book was published in April.
This collection is my first series of photos taken with digital cameras. Its contents are daily snapshots, sometimes involving erotic images, which are the concept of the collection, as well as test cuts from before the shoots. The collection enables its viewers to feel the deep atmosphere between the photographer and the model. Edition Reuss has released three previous collections of my photographs: Japanese Princess, Princess o...f Desire and Naked Princess. 

UPSKIRT VOYEUR - THE SEXY WORLD OF JAPANESE GIRLS
”The extract of the preface written by Agnes Giard”
Voyeurism has been a theme in Japanese literature ever since the first written texts appeared. A visual game of hide and seek known as kaimami (“peering through”) was popular in the 9th century, when voyeurs would peep through gaps in fences or blinds, hoping to spy enchanting and possibly nude silhouettes. A similar practice became popular in Japan in the 1980s, when the ultimate bliss was to peek under a skirt and catch a glimpse of white cotton panties momentarily revealed by a fortuitous movement.

This is why Ken-ichi Murata’s photographs disclose so much about the Japanese psyche: they show the paradox of an unveiled, fully visible and willing body, which nevertheless eludes the eye of its beholder. Gazing into the camera with inscrutable expressions, Ken-ich’s princess-like models do not merely expose their lovely vulvas and the petite rosettes of their anuses, but also reveal something incorporeal, nearly incomprehensible and bordering on pure emotion.

These gorgeous photos by Ken-ichi Murata, and the unobstructed views they offer under the indiscreetly lifted skirts of his youthful models, are simply delightful! Sometimes we see white or colored panties, other times the girls’ nude pubes are in full view. Luscious, artistic visions from the land of cherry blossoms…

Photography: Kenichi Murata
ISBN 978-3-943105-09-4
format: 17x24cm 128 pages 　panoramic format
197 color photographs 　texts German, English, French
hardcover thread bound
Price: 39.90 Euro

”Born in 1957, Ken-ichi Murata creates artworks by the classical method of applying color to monochrome photographs. He has shown his work in many cities, including Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Rome and Berlin, and has gained a following of devoted fans. This collection is his first series of photos taken with digital cameras. Its contents are daily snapshots, sometimes involving erotic images, which are the concept of the collection, as well as test cuts from before the shoots. The collection enables its viewers to feel the deep atmosphere between the photographer and the model. Edition Reuss has released three previous collections of Murata’s photographs: Japanese Princess, Princess of Desire and Naked Princess. Murata’s homepage is www.ken-murata.com.”