• Front cover of Berg Werk photobook by Sincei Yamamoto with inset black-and-white photo
  • Close-up of the red cloth spine of Berg Werk photobook by Sincei Yamamoto, Sokyusha
  • Black-and-white photograph of coal mine industrial structure from Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto
  • Photobook Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto, image of factory conveyor system and buildings
  • Black-and-white photograph of mining tower structure from Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto
  • Atmospheric interior photograph with light reflection in Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto
  • Photograph of coal mining crane and industrial machinery from Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto
  • Overgrown industrial railway tracks near coal mine, from Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto
  • Abandoned concrete coal mining structure, photo from Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto
  • Black and white photograph of an abandoned industrial train cabin and mining equipment from Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto
  • Large concrete mining structure in a desolate landscape, from Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto
  • Abstract image of a collapsing coal tower reflected on water, from Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto
  • Close-up of a rusted industrial tank with valve wheels, from Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto
  • Photograph of a dark underground mining tunnel with heavy machinery, from Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto
  • Vertical brick smokestack against the sky, from Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto
  • Ruins of a destroyed coal mining building with vegetation, from Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto
  • Black and white photo of an abandoned industrial bridge structure, from Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto
  • Introductory text page of Berg Werk by Sincei Yamamoto with essay “The Truth in Photography”
  • Back cover of Berg Werk photobook by Sincei Yamamoto with red cloth binding
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Berg Werk

Berg Werk – Sincei Yamamoto

Sincei Yamamoto
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“Berg Werk” by Shincei Yamamoto captures the abandoned coal mines of Akabira through haunting black-and-white photography.

Hardcover, 23.2 x 27.0 cm, 0.6 kg , 64 pages
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“Berg Werk” by Sincei Yamamoto is a striking photobook about the traces of the vanished coal industry in Akabira, Hokkaidō. Returning 25 years after his youth, Yamamoto documents abandoned mine shafts, industrial architecture, and landscapes caught between decay and memory. Across 40 black-and-white photographs, the work becomes an attempt to stop time and fix a “skin of light” onto places filled with history and silence, blending documentary vision with deeply personal reflection.

Sincei Yamamoto (b. 1950, Japan) is a Japanese photographer known for his documentary work on industry, architecture, and landscape. Since the 1980s, his photography has focused on abandoned structures and suburban peripheries, reflecting on history and transience. With “Berg Werk” (2016), he produced one of his most important series, documenting the decline of the coal mining industry in Hokkaidō.

Hardcover, 23.2 x 27.0 cm, 0.6 kg, 64 pages, Japanese /English
SKU: SOK-YAMAMOTO-BERG-2016-HC

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Publisher / Manufacturer: Sokyusha
Country of origin: Japan

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