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Each photograph occupies its own page, allowing bodies and places to emerge slowly from dense blacks and muted greys. Published the same year as \u003cem\u003eNight Flight\u003c\/em\u003e, it distils the nocturnal atmosphere central to Nomura’s work and her distinctive approach to intimacy, shadow and disappearance. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTitle: 黒闇 \/ Kuroyami \/ Black Darkness\u003cbr\u003eArtist \/ Author: Sakiko Nomura 野村佐紀子\u003cbr\u003eDate: 2008\u003cbr\u003eEdition: First edition\u003cbr\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Softcover\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 37.5 × 25.6 cm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 128\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: Japanese\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Akio Nagasawa Publishing\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-4-904883-28-0\u003cbr\u003eCondition: New \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AKIO NAGASAWA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604863283538,"sku":null,"price":59.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/TODWEBB_copy_e7d034f0-ff5c-450b-ab44-36c49f1dc24d.jpg?v=1769891058"},{"product_id":"sakiko-nomura-tender-is-the-night-sakiko-nomura-fundacion-mapfre-2025","title":"Sakiko Nomura. 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It reproduces the exhibition selection and includes essays by Enrique Juncosa, Simon Baker and Michiko Kasahara, situating Nomura’s photobooks as a central part of her practice. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTitle: Sakiko Nomura. 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Her first experiments with solarization reduce nude bodies and cityscapes to faint contours emerging from dense black fields, shifting the work toward the boundary between photography and graphic image. The series was shown in \u003cem\u003eAnother Language: 8 Japanese Photographers\u003c\/em\u003e at Rencontres d’Arles in 2015. Designed by Satoshi Machiguchi, the book intensifies the effect through black ink on black paper. Each of the 600 copies is signed and numbered. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTitle: Another Black Darkness\u003cbr\u003eArtist \/ Author: Sakiko Nomura\u003cbr\u003eDate: 2016\u003cbr\u003eEdition: Limited edition of 600 copies, numbered\u003cbr\u003eSigned: Yes\u003cbr\u003eTechnique \/ Printing Method: Black ink on black paper\u003cbr\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Hardcover in case\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 27.4 × 18.7 cm\u003cbr\u003ePages: 104\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Akio Nagasawa Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AKIO NAGASAWA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54677876048210,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/TODWEBB_copy_copy_3_3ea4996d-557f-4382-a120-048b4577b210.jpg?v=1789132802"},{"product_id":"fate-in-spring-sakiko-nomura-akio-nagasawa-publishing-2020","title":"Fate in Spring — Sakiko Nomura — Akio Nagasawa Publishing — 2020","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eGrief determines the form of this unusually narrow photobook. Made after the death of Nomura’s grandmother and shaped by memories of friends who had also passed away, its elongated format recalls a \u003cem\u003ekyōhon\u003c\/em\u003e, a Japanese Buddhist sutra book used in rituals for the dead. Nomura’s characteristic darkness becomes quieter here, turning photography into an intimate act of remembrance. 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