Limited edition to 500 copies "The 'Scrapbook' of Hajime KIMURA is inspired by a notebook he used documenting his stays in a village located at the border of the Nigata and Yamagata prefectures from 2007 to 2014. Comprising raw image clippings and sketches gives it a unique approach to the photographers comprehension of the time he spent with the Matagi - a japanese tribe with it's alas fast vanishing tradtions living in that remote mountain area. 'The river at the bottom of the ravine was half frozen. The bear they shot was a mother bear. Dark red blood was dripping into the fresh snow.' For a long time now KIMURA has followed the life of the Matagi. Ten years ago he'd bumped at a library into a folklore book depicting rural scenes of Japan in the 1980's. Having been raised in a dormitory suburb of Tokyo planted a deep yearning in his soul for this part of the country. 'Kodama', Hajime KIMURA's altogether first Photobook with it's mythical images, was shot in that area." The Scrap Book of Hajime Kimura was awarded the Dummy Award at the Kassel Photobook Festival in 2014.