Bøger af Osamu Matsuo

Matsuo's hometown, Sasebo, is a city of shipyard industry located on the western edge of Japan, with a beautiful port of the U.S. Navy and Japan Self-Defense Forces. This photobook captures 79 portraits of 17-year-old teenagers on the streets of Sasebo where tangled alleys of a hilly city are exclusively unique.

Located in the west of Japan and surrounded by the sea and mountains, Sasebo has developed rapidly in the late 1900s as a U.S. Navy base and shipyard town. To rediscover and introduce the city's allure, Japanese photographer Osamu Matsuo, who was born and grew up in this unique town, started his "Sasebo Project" 3 years ago. For the third installment of this project, HEAVY METAL presents more than 50 portraits of shipyard workers and photos of shipbuilding factories.

SOMEONE'S IDOL is the second book from Sasebo project, launched by photographer Osamu Matsuo in 2007 to rediscover the city and deliver its attraction through photographs. In this book he introduces freewheeling night life in two famous bar districts which have developed too much considering the size of the city. Capturing portraits of multinational female workers, military men and local Japanese, it gives you a snapshot of mixed cultures peculiar in Sasebo.