KIYOSHI SUZUKI - SOUL AND SOUL 1969-1999
NOMINATED BEST PHOTOBOOK 2007/08
We are proud to report that on April 14th we received the following message:
'To celebrate the 4th Fotofrühling Kassel with the topic Foto:Book, the Fotoforum Kassel, in collaboration with European Photography, Berlin, is searching for the best photo books of the year 2007/08. Eminent experts have been invited to nominate one book which they personally consider to be the best, most beautiful and most interesting. Their choice will be underpinned by a personal rationale.
It gives us great pleasure that a book from your publishing company has been nominated:
Kiyoshi Suzuki - soul and soul.
It has been chosen by Markus Schaden (schaden.com, Köln) as the best photo book of the year.
All nominated books will be presented in a special catalogue publication with illustrations of the cover and selected content pages as well as bibliographic details and personal statements. The actual books will be presented to participants [the visitors] of the 4th Fotofrühling Kassel in a special exhibition. Furthermore, all nominated titles will be comprehensively reviewed in the summer edition of European Photography magazine (German/English).'
Markus Schaden: How do we know if a book is outstanding? After the unwrapping follows a strangely sensual moment. A quarter of a minute later, even while quickly flicking through the book, one can sense what is commonly called aura. An increased pulse rate signals that this book definitely has to be obtained. In the case of "Soul and Soul" by Kiyoshi Suzuki, who passed away in Tokyo in the year 2000, it is initially the cover, the binding, the paper and the print, the individual elements of the book, which immediately attract interest through their delicate interplay. The images of "Soul and Soul" are somehow fragile and deeply personal. The team at Noorderlicht took care to print the pictured designs on soft paper using a deep black tonal range to achieve the highest possible authenticity. A superb book.
