Gunkanjima ghosts Zines Table of Contents

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Originally printed by Rui Silva in Lisbon in 2020

168 pages // 97 x 138 mm // Soft-bound sewn binding with dustjacket // Set in Grotesque and BB-Book // 3 colour risograph printed by Footprint Workers Co-op on Munken Lynx // Edition 200 // Designed by Mark Simmonds

literature and experience

Gunkanjima ghosts Zines Table of ContentsThe book Gunkanjima ghosts includes 44 black and white photographs taken at the abandoned coal mining island Hashima outside Nagasaki, which also is known as Gunkanjima due to its resemblance to a battle ship. The book includes a history of the island, which in 1959 had a population of 5,259 and was abandoned in 1974 when the coal deposits were depleted. The post apocalyptic photographs in the book serve as a reminder of the ruin and devastation that