Reflections on Tsugaru | Sho Shibata | Michioto Publishing 2019 [SIGNED] Chieko Shiraishi ‘Ending’ was a critically acclaimed

‘Ending’ was a critically acclaimed book by Leif Sandberg (1943) that dealt with the proximity of death

I didn’t grow up here

likening people to actors and the world to a stage

indicating the artist’s desire to retain the concept employed in her prior work

and co-exist with them

Reflections on Tsugaru | Sho Shibata | Michioto Publishing 2019 [SIGNED] Chieko Shiraishi ‘Ending’ was a critically acclaimedThe photographer Sho Shibata, with an extraordinary use of black and white, tells of his homeland Tsugaru, the area in the far north of Honshu covered in snow for most of the year. This collection of impressive images goes beyond landscape photography, presenting the beauty of the north filtered through the author's aesthetic. From publisher's statement: "Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture is in the northernmost reaches of Honshu, Japans largest