EXTRA HARD

Koji Onaka
EXTRA HARD
Photographs: Koji Onaka
Publisher: Kaido Books
102 pages
Year: 2018
Comments: Illustrated softcover, 19 x 15 cm, b&w photographs. Second edition of 250. In very good condition other than traces of use. Text in Japanese and English.
The books gathers early works taken between 1982 and 1984 of Japanese photographer Koji Onaka.
"When I was 22 years old, I came across some photo paper called "GEKKO VR-4" Similar to a distortion effects pedal for a guitar, anything could be changed into hard contrast with this magic paper. With this, I thought I would become like Daido Moriyama. I was happy rapidly making a lot of hard prints. If I had made these prints one year ago, I think that all the photography school teachers would be pretty angry! I thought that the harder the print is, the cooler it is. However, this is because I was a member of the image shop "CAMP" then."
(Text from the book)













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