Boso Fudoki Issei Suda

"Nearly three years after I moved to the countryside beside the Sotobo line, I realized that the sightseeing spots I once visited as a tourist had become part of my everyday life."

In Boso Fudoki, Issei Suda explores the landscapes of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba, where he made his home. Living amidst the settings of ancient legends and literary tales, Hatakeyama captures the "ordinary scenes" that often go unnoticed in the rush of daily life—foaming waves, swaying grasses, and sun-drenched national roads. These mundane sights, captured on Polaroid, seem to hold the very seeds of the narratives themselves.

Fifteen years after their first exhibition, these original Polaroids are gradually fading, destined to one day vanish entirely. This photobook was conceived as a way to let these images survive, inheriting the "fading life" of the original prints and preserving them in a permanent form. It is a contemplative record of time, place, and the fragile nature of the photographic medium.