Tower of silence paris A collection of portraits by

A collection of portraits by Yoshihiko Ueda

This book features Nishino's "Diorama Map

When thinking of a loved one

Its conceptual origin lies in the Japanese painter Shohachi Kimura's 1954 supplement

and Taniguchi Masayoshi

Tower of silence paris A collection of portraits byIn contemporary Japan, where death is increasingly distanced from daily life, emerging photographer Momoka Omote questions the very nature of "mourning and memorializing" (tomurai). This book is composed of monochrome photographs that capture, with a refined gaze, the chimneys of crematoriumsstructures gradually disappearing from the Japanese landscape. These peaceful and somewhat sacred "Towers of Silence," standing in forests or cities, represent