BATTLESHIP ISLAND

MAKIKO's Gunkanjima photo series was published by Dewi Lewis Publishing in January 2018.

A priceless review from Daido Moriyama:

"Quite a few of the photographers who have shot Battleship Island have approached me so far.  However, I think that many of the photos MAKIKO has captured best describe the lapse of time. In fact, she must have detached her emotion from the photographic objects first, then managed to position herself to the objects as close as possible in order to capture the real - as such her camerawork enables her to express her profound feeling further. In addition to this, by including many archive photos describing what kind of daily life the residents used to have, (the book) is able to highlight the quality of  time human beings possess. It reflects the essence of photography as media."

A special endorsement from Shelly Lazarus, Chairman emeritus of Ogilvy & Mather:

"I knew nothing about the story of Battleship Island before reading this book.  I found the images so visceral that I was stunned, and I was moved.  I felt that I was physically transported to this island.  This is a story that needs to be shared.  Makiko does it beautifully."

A fabulous feed back from Anna Dannemann, a curator of The Photographers' Gallery, London:

"...The image, the printing, the order it is all very well thought through. The audience is starting on a wonderful, strange, sad and fascinating journey of the island and into the history of a community. Overall it exemplifies kind of apocalyptic outlook and looks forward as well as backwards. The book was a real rediscovery of your project, its vast themes and critical engagement."

Collection: National Diet Library (Japan), Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms at Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. (U.S.A.) and New York Public Library as well as prestigious universities such as Columbia University, Princeton University, Stanford University, Nayang Technological University (Singapore), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, the DECK library (Singapore). etc.