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This portfolio of collotype prints features six different images from Chieko Shiraishi’s series “Shimakage.” Created using an old Japanese retouching technique known as ‘zokin-gake’ or ‘rag-wiping’, Shiraishi’s photographs of scenes taken on islands and cities around Japan evoke a sense of nostalgia, loss, and fading memories. The six images included in this portfolio are titled Staircase, Cactus, Ferris Wheel, Firework, Snow Day, and Coat.

＊Print Size: 25.4 x 20.3 cm

Collotype is one of the oldest photographic printing technique and involves oil-based pigment inks. The process is revered for its excellent reproduction of colors and gradations, the smoothness and depth of its texture and its strong durability. Founded in Kyoto in 1905, Benrido Atelier is one of the most experienced collotype printing studios in the world.