{"product_id":"something-vibrant-su-hou-wen","title":"Something Vibrant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSomething Vibrant\u003c\/strong\u003e is a photobook by Su Hou-Wen, an emerging photographer from Taiwan. For about ten years, from 2014 to 2023, he photographed along the rivers of the area where he lives. Published by Akaaka Art Publishing in 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe story behind the book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe idea came after he moved to Ankeng in Xindian, New Taipei City. From upstream to downstream, he followed the shifting landforms the river creates, the life of plants and animals, and people's ties to the water. By the river, everything is in the middle of change, as if crossing back and forth over an invisible bank.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn ancient times, Su writes, people and rivers were inseparable, but for city dwellers today rivers have become places for leisure. Walking wherever he pleased, he found that the people and scenes he recorded became metaphors that revealed something strange beneath ordinary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat is in the book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotographs and texts made along Taiwanese rivers over about ten years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e152 pages, hardcover, designed by Fan-Yu Zhou; text in English, Japanese and Chinese\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout Su Hou-Wen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1980 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Su lives in Taipei and Tainan. He won the PHOTO GO Award at the Tainan International Photography Festival in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Su Hou-Wen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67712490373346,"sku":null,"price":6600.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/9174\/1154\/files\/suhowencover02.jpg?v=1792143796","url":"https:\/\/tenten-inc.jp\/products\/something-vibrant-su-hou-wen","provider":"TENTEN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}