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Akira Gomi (born June 5, 1953) is a Japanese photographer. Organized by ShINC.


The legendary photobook "YELLOWS PRIVACY 94" by *Gomi Akira** is a monumental work of photography that can be said to be a "visual turning point" in Japanese culture in the 1990s.

What is the appeal of "YELLOWS PRIVACY 94

The "heat" of the era, striking through the eyes

In 1994, as the afterglow of the bubble economy and the lingering scent of consumer culture filled the streets, Gomi Akira turned his camera on the "true faces" of young people in Tokyo.
What we see there is not the elaborate beauty of fashion magazines, but fleeting, instinctive "life."
His photographs are not "privacy glimpsed secretly," but "witnessing" the emergence of "raw reality."

Gomi captures all of their sexuality, violence, loneliness, and enthusiasm as if it were a documentary film.

This photobook invades not the privacy of the subjects, but the privacy of the zeitgeist of Japanese youth.

The photobook was said to be on the verge of being banned at the time, and was heavily criticized, but it is still talked about as a **legend** in the subculture, fashion, and art scenes.

It is now difficult to obtain, and even in Japan, it can fetch a premium price on the secondhand market.

“Living evidence of Tokyo in the 1990s. "
The atmosphere of the times, the warmth of young people, and the noise of the city are all imprinted in this book by Gomi Akira.
This is not just a photo book, but something that could be called an **apocalypse** in Japanese street culture.
The reader is asked to consider a fundamental perspective: "Is this someone else's problem, or is it something from my own past?"

The book is now hard to find and is large, weighing over 2 kilograms.



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