Naoya Hatakeyama: Zeche Westfalen I/II Ahlen by Hatakeyama, Naoya; Andreas Bruning - 2006

Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2006. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition. Fine/As New hardcover; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. "Documentary evidence exists of 700 years of coal mining in the Ruhr District of Germany. On June 30, 2000, almost 100 years of mining history came to an end in Ahlen with the closure of the Zeche Westfahlen. Naoya Hatakeyama was commissioned to photograph in Ahlen from October 2003 until February the following year, documenting the sites and structures that were home to tens of thousands of workers for over a century. The resulting photographs provide a valuable record of this once all-important industrial area, culminating in the demolition and razing of the entire site. Visiting today, one would never know what had stood in the vast, now empty space." Photographs by Naoya Hatakeyama; introduction in English and German by Andreas Bruning. SIGNED BY HATAKEYAMA on the ffep, with his red stamp added; no inscription. From an edition limited to 2000 copies. 80 pages; 49 full-page color plates; 13.25 x 11.25 inches.