Ina, Eiji and Toshiharu Ito — Eiji Ina: Waste

Tucson, Ariz, Nazraeli Press, 1998. Hardcover. Black boards, color illus. dust jacket, 70 pp. 67 color plates. Japanese photographer Eiji Ina (b. 1957) aims his camera at his country's problem of waste. "The place that is Eiji Ina's 'Waste' is a place where industrial waste continuously created by this giant nation of consumption called Japan is gathered. While waste is one of the most important issues affecting Japan, the handing of waste is devised so that it seems not to exist in actual everyday life. While waste is part of a circulating pattern that supports Japanese industry and capital, the mechanism for handing waste is always skillfully hidden from our eyes." (essay, Toshiharu Ito) Amazing visuals. Of 1000 copies. VG .