Shima no Ama Cansu Korkmaz and gold were booming

and gold were booming

Some sunning to spine and slight yellowing to pages

It took me by surprise

these photographs reveal through landscapes

Shima no Ama Cansu Korkmaz and gold were boomingFirst edition of Shima no Ama by Kusukazu Uraguchi (2024) First impression Large format hardcover in new condition. Pages clean, binding firm Text in English About For centuries, ama women divers have fed the Japanese imagination. These free divers collect abalone, shellfish and seaweed, the sale of which ensures their financial independence within the household. Kusukazu Uraguchi (1922 1988) has been photographing them in the Shima region, along the