Jan.16.2009
Koji Takiguchi’s photo book “
-SOU-” is on sale now
Koji Takiguchi, the Co-Grand Prize winner 2004 (27th competition) publishes photo book entitled “
-SOU-”
These images document my wife and her family over several years. During this time her mother died suddenly from cancer. Immediately after that her father was committed to hospital and remained their indefinitely. While he was still in hospital my wife gave birth to our son. Then, as if they had been hanging on for the happy event of the birth, her father and the beloved family cat passed away in quick succession.
When I looked back over the photos I had taken during this time, and also the photos of my wife’s father and mother from their younger days that had been left behind, I felt strongly that the two sets of photos were part of a single series.
My wife told me how, at the moment her mother took her last breath, she slowly cast her gaze out of the window as if she had caught sight of something in the empty sky, and it was then that she slipped away.
The “Window,” as I look from inside the room out through it, separates this side from that side, symbolizing the thin, fragile border that marks life and death.
In Japanese the kanji for “Window” is , which pronounced “MADO.” But, it can also be pronounced “SOU,” which is shared with other kanji such as 
meaning “together,”
meaning “believe” or “mind,” 
meaning “Mourning,” 
meaning “Funeral,” 
meaning “Accompany.”
| Title | : -SOU- |
| Form | : 257 mm x 210 mm, 50 pages |
| Price | : ¥1,500 (Limited edition of 400 folios) |
| Sales | : Koji Takiguchi’s homepage : http://www.k4.dion.ne.jp/~ponta-ko/ |
