Editor's Note by Satoshi KOGANEZAWA

This is first the solo exhibition of the work of Koichi Inakoshi since he passed away suddenly on February 25, 2009. Nonetheless, it is understood that the organizer of this exhibition considers it as his last solo exhibition while he was living since it was already being prepared while he was alive. The venue is located on the first basement floor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography which has three floors. It is uncommon for an exhibition room to display its exhibits using the entire space - from the entrance to the back of the exhibition room - without using any partitions. All of the seven series covering from the “maybe maybe” (1971) to the latest photo entitled “Basho’s Scenery” have been displayed in chronological order, which would show that Inakoshi’s photographic subjects have been changed from those of artificial things to natural landscapes. A vague image of the landscapes taken in the “Never-seen before China” (2008) and the “Basho’s Scenery” seems to reflect Inakoshi’s expanding world view, in which, as the words “never-seen before” used in the title suggest, he tried to take shots of things which are considered to be difficult to photograph. (Translated by Nozomi Nakayama)