Scrap book

The »Scrapbook« of Hajime Kimura is inspired by a notebook he used documenting his stays in a village located at the border of the Nigata and Yamagata prefectures from 2007 to 2014. Comprising raw image clippings and sketches gives it a unique approach to the photographers comprehension of the time he spent with the Matagi – a japanese tribe with it’s alas fast vanishing tradtions living in that remote mountain area.

»The river at the bottom of the ravine was half frozen. The bear they shot was a mother bear. Dark red blood was dripping into the fresh snow.«