最近の映画で深海の美しさが発表されているが この写真は瀬戸内海の一隅 松山市の海岸で発見したオブジェである 三月下旬 大潮のある日 海岸はずっと遠くまで干潟ができて 昨夜の強風でしま模様も美しい その中に沖のほうへ点々と連なっている小さな棒杭がある 近寄って見ると驚いた 腐った木には見事に海草が付着して鳥の形 犬の形 オットセイ イカなどを想像させるような形をしていて実にすばらしい 撮影を始めるうちに潮が次第に満ちて来て 十分撮影できないうちに潮の中に没してしまった それから味をしめてたびたび訪れたが 潮のぐあいと天候のぐあいで めったに地上に姿を現わさず 夏は藻が腐ってなくなり 冬になって次第に増すが このときのような美しい姿は発見できず二十数枚の原板を得たのみである
新山清「干潟の幻想」『カメラ毎日』（毎日新聞社）1955年10月増大号より
The beauty of the deep sea has been presented in recent movies, and this photo is an objet I found on the coast of Matsuyama City, a corner of the Seto Inland Sea. One day in late March, at high tide, the coast was covered with tidal flats far into the distance, with beautiful striped patterns due to last night's strong wind. There was a series of small barbed piles dotting from the tidal flats to the offshore area. As I approached, I was surprised. The rotten woods were beautifully covered with seaweed and had shapes that makes one imagine birds, dogs, fur seals, squids, etc. It was truly wonderful. As I started to take their pictures, the tide gradually came in, they became submerged in the tide before I could take enough pictures. I had visited there sometimes to meet this situation again, but due to the tide and weather conditions, they seldom appeared on the ground. In the summer, the algae rotted away, and in the winter, they gradually increased. I could not find them as beautiful as they were at that time, and could only obtain 20 or so original plates of those.
Kiyoshi Niiyama "The Illusion of Tidal Flats" from "Camera Mainichi" (the Mainichi Newspapers Co.), 1955, October issue.
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金柑画廊は、生誕110年を記念し、新山清写真展「干潟にて」を開催いたします。
新山清（1911-1969）は戦前から戦後にかけて活動した写真家であり、風景から人物まで、様々な作品を数多く残しました。真摯に自由に写真を撮り続けた彼の作品は、“Subjektive Fotografie”（主観主義写真）を提唱したドイツ人写真家のオットー・シュタイナートによって広く世界に知らしめられ、現在も国内外で評価されています。戦後の1945年から1952年まで、新山清は故郷でもある愛媛に帰郷していました。この頃に訪れた松山の今出海岸で、新山清はこのような干潟の風景に偶然に遭遇します。その後も幾度となく足を運びましたが、彼がこのような風景に出会えたのはその一日だけでした。本展では、この一日に撮影された20数点の干潟のシリーズから、新山清によるヴィンテージプリント10数点を含む約15点ほどの作品を展示いたします。「干潟にて」の写真集制作も予定しております。この機会にご高覧ください。(金柑画廊｜太田京子）
In commemoration of the 110th anniversary of his birth, Kinkan Gallery is pleased to present "At the Tidal Flats", an exhibition of photographs by Kiyoshi Niiyama.
Kiyoshi Niiyama (1911-1969) was a photographer active from pre-war to post-war, and left behind many works ranging from landscapes to portraits. His work was widely recognized by Otto Steinert, a German photographer who advocated "Subjektive Fotografie" (Subjective Photography), and is still appreciated both in Japan and abroad. After the war, from 1945 to 1952, Kiyoshi Niiyama returned to his hometown in Ehime. It was during this time that he visited the Imazu Beach in Matsuyama, where he happened to come across this kind of tidal flat landscape. He visited the beach many times after that, but it was only on that one day that he encountered this kind of scenery. In this exhibition, we will show about 15 works from a series of about 20 tidal flats photographs taken on that single day, including more than 10 vintage prints printed by Kiyoshi Niiyama. We are also planning to produce a photo book of "At the Tidal Flats". We hope you will take this opportunity to see them.
(Kyoko Ota, Kinkan Gallery)
→新山清写真集『干潟にて』Kiyoshi Niiyama "At the Tidal Flats"
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