¡Kawa (River): Photobook of landscapes with skateboards5 Wildness
¡Kawa
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[Machine Translation] This is a book series created by "Kawa", a group of photographers who have been capturing the skateboarding scene. The series follows skaters who continue to skate on the streets throughout Japan, and captures the "now" that they feel should be preserved. The book includes interviews and contributions from skaters as well as artists and writers that "river" has come across. The book is as free and flexible as skateboarding itself, expressed through photographs and text. The unprecedented popularity of skateboarding, driven by the Tokyo Olympics, has led to a rapid increase in the number of skate parks throughout Japan. While the government has defined "where to skate", skateboarding in "where not to skate" is becoming more and more restricted. With the spread of smartphones and social networking services, the general public has the power to film and communicate, further accelerating a society that monitors each other. The fenced-in environment is like a zoo. Will street skaters become extinct? What is the "freedom" we have felt from skateboarding? We follow skaters who continue to follow their own beliefs.
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