He captured scenes of the daily wage worker districts (slum areas) known as “Kamagasaki” and “Airin District” in the northern part of Osaka's Nishinari Ward
when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street
" - From the afterword by Yuki Kasama
Stacks of bone shards and ash
then into boxes after a long series of exhibits
Pneuma | Ayaka Endo | Roshin books 2026 Torch Press He captured scenes of the"Neither wind nor soul, but something found between themPneuma. Drawing inspiration from this Ancient Greek word, which simultaneously signifies "breath," "wind," and "spirit," Endo journeyed to the highlands of Tono, Iwate Prefecture. It is a mystical place, seemingly suspended in the threshold between earth and sky, between this world and the next. The stage for this shoot was "Queens Meadow"an experimental site that reconstructs the ancient culture