Plexus Co.,Ltd and euphonic,inc. is released Masato Seto’s“Cesium -137Cs-“(Place M 2013) in e-Book version on August 30, 2017. “Cesium 137Cs“ is the first e-Book series from the Photographer : Masato Seto.

■ Masato Seto: "Cesium 137Cs" e-Book vers.

Cesium -137Cs-
"I have a feeling that I was ultimately able to see something that is forbidden to be seen" - Masato Seto (Experts from the original text of Cesium -137Cs-)

Photographer Masato Seto, who his original roots is from Fukushima Prefecture, captured the post apocalyptic scenery of his homeland 1 year after the critical nuclear disaster of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant that happened in March 11th, 2011 earthquake. This is the first e-Book edition of “Cesium -137Cs-“.
Commissioned by a french correspondence, Masato Seto stepped deep into the contaminated zone of Fukushima Nuclear disaster, and witnessed the fear, embodied in the nature of the area…… which spreads into the sea, the forest, rivers and in the fields…., capturing the terror of the radioactive substance in the atmosphere of present Fukushima.
Including an essay going back and forth of Fukushima and Tokyo, before and after the 3.11 Earthquake incident.

Issei Suda:Born 1940 in Tokyo. Graduated from the Tokyo College of Photography in 1962. Was hired as house photographer for Shuji Terayama’s experimental theater troupe Tenjo Sajiki in ’67, before commencing his work as a freelance photographer in‘71. A Newcomer's Award from the Photographic Society of Japan for Fushi Kaden catapulted him into the limelight in 1976. He further received the Photographic Society of Japan’s Annual Award for the exhibition of the“Monogusa Syui”series in 1983, followed in ’85 by the 1st Domestic Photography Award at Higashikawa for“Nichijo no danpen”. In 1997, his book Human Memory received several awards including the Domon Ken Prize. In 2013, his large-scale retrospective exhibition“Nagi no hira ‒ fragments of calm”was shown at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. His works capturing moments between reality and non-reality have lately earned a high reputation also outside Japan. Main photo collections include Fushi Kaden (’78), Waga Tokyo 100 (’79), Akai hana ‒ scarlet bloom (2000), Fushi Kaden (definitive edition, 2012), and Anonymous Men and Women (’13), Early Works(’14), Childhood Days(’15).

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Masato Seto Cesium 137Cs e-Book vers. August 30th, 2017