Small Miracles

Small Miracles (Fushigi na Chikara) is a photobook by Rika Noguchi, published for her solo exhibition at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. It brings together 30 years of her photographs and films, from early series to new work. Published by Akaaka Art Publishing in 2022.

The story behind the book

Noguchi first made work about people's relationship with unknown places: underwater, high altitudes and space. More recently she has explored the many small mysteries found in daily life. The book is arranged so that past and new series echo each other, from the early Diving Man (1995) and To the Night Stars (2014, 2015) to her newest series Palm Trees (2022).

It also includes My Father's Album (2014), prints Noguchi made from negatives her late father left behind. That work led her to ask again why people take photographs.

What is in the book

• Works spanning about 30 years, with texts by curator Tetsuro Ishida and novelist Banana Yoshimoto
• 136 pages, softcover in a slipcase; text in Japanese and English
• Two covers (A: egg, B: cucumber) with the same contents. The cover you receive may vary.

About Rika Noguchi

From Saitama and based in Naha, Noguchi has made photographs since 1992 and has taken part in many international exhibitions of contemporary art. Her work is in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Centre Pompidou, among others. She is one of the photographers in I'm So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now, touring Europe and the United States.