Okinawan portraits 2012-2016 Ryuichi Ishikawa AKAAKA/2016/Jappanese,English/245 x 255 mm The "okinawan portraits 2010-2012" series won the Kimura Ihei Photography Award and quickly sold out. In "2012-2016," the sequel to the series, the photographer captures everything around him or her, including people, landscapes, and buildings, from a portrait perspective. The 268 portraits in the series leave more to the subject and capture the individual in society. The format of the portraits has changed, and the artist explores new possibilities for portraiture by incorporating more context and time. The reality rooted in everyday life transcends the boundaries of "Okinawa," and universally raises questions about the life force and shadow of people, society and the state of people, development and transformation, and the major issues that lie in the background. The existence that cannot be summed up as a single entity rises up as a polyphony. adrenamix Ryuichi Ishikawa AKAAKA/2015/Japanese/182 x 128 mm The third installment of Ryuichi Ishikawa's "Zekkei no Polyphony" and "okinawan portraits 2010-2012". Early works of urgency and chaos. The days of his early twenties, the scenes of biker gangs and clubs running through the night, and the door to sexuality. The time with friends, depressed but continuing to think. Solitude and blockage. Dryness and desire. The origin of Ryuichi Ishikawa, who searches for the tingle and smell of life in the depths of the night darkness. A book that vividly observes the uncontrollable impulses and overflowing things that exist in everyone.