About the book project
"Eiji OHASHI’s long-awaited new photobook in his 'Roadside Lights' series - Eiji OHASHI’s winterly landscapes with vending machines. 'Roadside Lights Seasons: Winter' is a follow-up to Eiji OHASHI’s critically acclaimed photographic series of vending machines along roads throughout Japan.
Content
The volume focuses exclusively on scenes taken during winter, with volumes for spring, summer and fall to be released as well. 'The vending machines placed all over the country are a symbolic image of today’s Japan, and their lonely, daily work is reminiscent of the modern lives of us humans. In this sense, my series is a conscious reflection of its era, but it is also an expression of my own personal aesthetic sensibilities,' says OHASHI. 'I believe the sight of these vending machines shining brightly, all alone in the harshness of winter, evokes feelings of compassion and encouragement in us. These bright, glowing characters are mechanical machines, but they also appear strangely human, and the beautiful sceneries that surround them may even provide us a little hope.' (© Eiji OHASHI, in: afterword)
The Special of the photo book 'Roadside Lights Seasons: Winter'
'Roadside Lights Seasons: Winter' was released as a leporello and comes in a slipcase. This slipcase was designed in four different versions (see the first four pictures). "With its large format and considerable weight, the photo book 'Roadside Lights Seasons: Winter' is a gentle reminder of the weight and size of the vending machines in the photos by OHASHI. The bookbinding in the Leporello style means that the book can also unfold as a mobile exhibition." (publisher's note, © Case publishing, 2020)