| Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre: Gunkanjima Contributor(s): Marchand, Yves (Photographer), Meffre, Romain (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 3869305460 ISBN-13: 9783869305462 Publisher: Steidl OUR PRICE: $76.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Individual Photographers - Monographs - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Photography | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General |
| Dewey: 779 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 11.6" W x 14.5" (3.70 lbs) 108 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hashima is a small island located off the extreme southwest coast of Japan, about ten miles from Nagasaki. Its dark, warship-like silhouette earned it the nickname of Gunkanjima (battleship island). During the wave of industrialization in the nineteenth century, a coal seam was discovered on the island and the Mitsubishi corporation opened a mine there. Workers settled on the island and the population increased, the small mining town quickly becoming a modern and autonomous settlement. During the 1950s, Gunkanjima became one of the most densely populated places in the world with over 5,000 inhabitants. But after an accident and the restructuring of the Mitsubishi mining project, the mine closed in January 1974. The last inhabitants deserted the island, the connection by boat was suspended, and since then Gunkanjima has become a ghost town. Marchand and Meffre photographed the island between 2008 and 2012. |