YAMAUCHI, Yu - Dawn

"This is the second, re-designed edition of the extremely popular monograph by Yu YAMAUCHI, first published in 2010.

For four years, the photographer spent five months each year living in a hut near the summit of Mount Fuji, ten thousand feet above sea level
and above the clouds, inhabiting a space between the earth and the universe.
Each morning, he photographed the sunrise from the same position, capturing the constantly shifting, magical transformation of colours and forms.
One is struck by how varied the horizon of roiling clouds appears from one image to the next, and can sense the dynamic serenity of the scene,
the otherworldly appearance of a vast, unknown terrain." (publisher's note, © Akaaka, 2012)