Description

Rinko Kawauchi – M/E Mother/Earth
Publisher: Delpire, 2025
Softcover, 216 pages, English/French
Size: 29x22cm
New in seal

A poem by Misuzu Kaneko (1903–1930) inspired Rinko Kawauchi to produce a book that explores our relationship with the world, encouraging us to reconsider our connections as human beings with nature. The title refers to Mother Earth but keeps only the initials (“ME”) to emphasise this link. The photographer captures the fragile beauty of the world on different scales, from a dewdrop on a leaf to the gigantic face of a glacier, from which ice collapses into the sea. Her approach is intuitive, resulting in meditative and dreamlike scenes. The book presents a dialogue between pictures from Iceland and Japan and focuses mainly on water, playing with the notion of transparency.