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After that, the second series, which was serialized with Asahi Camera and compiled as a photo book in 1996, is this book \"Far City \/ Distance\". A number of works that can be said the true nature of the Ononaka style that captures the landscape with a single 35 mm lens. A variety of viewpoints, ranging from those full of lyricism that evokes one scene of a movie, to those that give a new topographical perspective that captures the appearance of nature transformed by human work from a neutral perspective It is a book that is full of fascination of multifaceted landscape created from. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Koji Onaka 尾仲浩二","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53943851712897,"sku":"","price":130.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7613\/files\/cdr_1045.jpg?v=1781087963"},{"product_id":"takashi-homma-my-nice-t-shirts","title":"My Nice T-Shirts","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"textLayer\"\u003e\n\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eA reflection on a series of t-shirt\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eworks produced throughout\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eTakashi Homma’s career,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003edocumented for the medium of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eRisograph and translated into zine\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eformat. Homma’s conversational\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eapproach to process is expanded\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003ethrough the interspersion of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003esocial media screenshots.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eThroughout the zine, The viewer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003efinds themselves on a dialogical\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003ejourney through the process of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eseeing, meeting the distant eyes of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003ea model, the smile of a baby, or the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003elens of a camera.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eTakashi Homma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a Japanese\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003ephotographer, born and based in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eTokyo. His work is recognised for its\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003etender, considered portrayal of identity\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eand culture in Suburban Tokyo.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eHomma left Nihon university of Art \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003ein 1984 to work as a photographer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eat a Japanese advertising agency,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003ebefore moving to London in 1991 to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003ework as the in-house photographer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eat iD magazine. 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