Gunkanjima ghosts
By: J Byström
Publisher: Fipha Editions
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Luxembourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
ISBN-13: 9782919964628
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Pictorial works; Artistic Photography; Black-and-white photography
Other titles: Jonas Byström :
Description: This book comprises 44 black and white photographs taken on the Gunkanjima coal mining island, which is located outside Nagasaki in Japan. The book includes a history of the island, which in 1959 had a population of 5,259 and was abandoned in 1974 when the coal deposits were depleted. The post-apocalyptic photographs in the book serve as a reminder of the ruin and devastation that awaits with continued coal and fossil fuel use.
Notes: Chiefly illustrated.