In July 2015, MAKIKO was granted rare permission to photograph the restricted zone of Battleship Island, shortly after it was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The tiny, fortress-like island (also known as ’Hashima’ or ‘Gunkanjima’) lies just off the coast of Nagasaki. Ringed by a seawall, and covered in tightly packed buildings, it was once the most densely populated place on Earth. Now it is a ghost town – completely uninhabited for more than forty years.
- author
- Makiko
- title
- Battleship Island (2018)
- artist(s):
- publisher
- Dewi Lewis Publishing
- edition
- First edition
- width x height
- 195 mm x 275 mm
- ISBN
- 978-1911306221
- price:
- € 35 (excluding shipping)
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