Shoji Ueda (1913-2000) was one of Japan’s most prominent modernist photographers and continues to be one of the nation’s most highly regarded. Working mostly in his home prefecture of Tottori, he frequently incorporated surrealist imagery into his photographs. He often used his wife and three children as subjects, with the local landscape of sand dunes as a backdrop.

Benrido Atelier has collected six of Ueda’s most cherished images for inclusion in this finely printed collotype portfolio. These six pictures are seminal works from his explorations in unnerving our visual experiences, mixing the every day with the absurd. The collotype process elevates the tonal qualities of Ueda’s images beyond any previous iteration–the prints can only truly be appreciated in person.

植田正治（1913-2000）是日本最傑出的現代主義攝影師之一，並且一直是日本最受推崇的攝影師之一。 他主要在家鄉鳥取縣工作，經常將超現實主義圖像融入他的照片中。 他經常以妻子和三個孩子為題材，以當地的沙丘景觀為背景。

這本由便利堂出版的珂羅版迷你作品集《Gone are the Days》，收集了植田作品中最珍貴的六張影像，這六張照片是他探索舞台式攝影視覺體驗的開創性作品，將日常與荒誕融合在一起。當你親眼欣賞到珂羅版印刷品工藝如何提升了植田作品的色調質量時，必定能感受到其獨一無二的魅力。