"Always Dream" (2023) (signed) by photographer Yoshihiko Ueda.
The Suntory Oolong Tea series remains a monumental work in advertising photography. The images, which capture the tranquil light and landscapes of the continent, as well as the lives and existence of the people there, strike a chord with viewers and leave an unforgettable impression. Each photograph tells us that the beauty of life and the richness of each moment are the same, regardless of distance.
This series was shot between 1990 and 2011, during a period of great transformation in China, and was born out of travels that took photographers long to make on-location trips to various parts of China, including Guilin, Shenyang, Shanghai, and Dalian. It also includes scenes and images that the photographer encountered by chance, and the way in which people encountered on the journey appear directly in the advertisements and the local scenery guides the photographs gives a sense of the soil at the time that nurtured advertising culture.
Ueda describes the Chinese landscape of that time as "a sense of distance." The unique view from Beijing Airport, with a vague layer of hazy air floating over the vast land, the human drama of the people living in that era, and the beautiful landscapes inspired many of his famous scenes.
This book contains a chronological series of photographs of oolong tea as well as snapshots of China taken by Ueda during his travels, creating a book that is filled with a broad range of time and space from a shared perspective.
Size: H257mm x W182mm
Page: 584 pages
Binding: Cloth hardcover
