Founded in Kyoto in 2006, AKAAKA has become one of the central publishers of contemporary Japanese photobooks. Darwin returns to AKAAKA for its sustained attention to photographic sequencing, regional histories, and authors working outside dominant institutional narratives. The catalogue connects figures such as Masahisa Fukase, Ryuichi Ishikawa, Yoshihiko Ueda, and younger generations whose work moves between personal archive, landscape, and social observation. A publisher where editing, printing, and book form remain inseparable from the image.
