The Newspaper is a photobook produced using the newspaper itself as its medium. The project is set within the Kyoto Shimbun, one of Japan’s oldest regional newspapers with a history spanning more than 140 years. Even today, reporters continue travelling to remote mountain villages, while newspaper carriers deliver the news every day. Japanese photographer Kazuma Obara and writer Akihico Mori documented, through photographs and texts, one of the final landscapes left behind by the newspaper industry.
The work consists of thirteen separate newspapers printed on a rotary press and archived together with metal bindings, functioning collectively as a single archival photobook. At the same time, each section can also be detached and read individually as an independent newspaper. The structure of the work continuously moves between two states: photobook and newspaper, archive and circulation.
First edition
Edition of 1000 copies
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The Newspaper is a photobook produced using the newspaper itself as its medium. The project is set within the Kyoto Shimbun, one of Japan’s oldest regional newspapers with a history spanning more than 140 years. Even today, reporters continue travelling to remote mountain villages, while newspaper carriers deliver the news every day. Japanese photographer Kazuma Obara and writer Akihico Mori documented, through photographs and texts, one of the final landscapes left behind by the newspaper industry.
The work consists of thirteen separate newspapers printed on a rotary press and archived together with metal bindings, functioning collectively as a single archival photobook. At the same time, each section can also be detached and read individually as an independent newspaper. The structure of the work continuously moves between two states: photobook and newspaper, archive and circulation.
*Each copy of the photobook is individually collated and assembled by hand before shipment. All copies allocated for the first round of shipments have now sold out. Orders currently being placed are scheduled to be shipped from early July. Customers will be notified as soon as their copy is ready for dispatch. For international orders, delivery is expected to take approximately 7–10 days after shipment. Thank you very much for your support.
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THE NEWSPAPER
First edition
Edition of 1000 copies
A project by
Kazuma Obara and Akihico Mori
Photography
© Kazuma Obara
Text
© Akihico Mori
Art Direction & Editorial Coordination
Kazuma Obara
Production Coordination
Yoshihiko Okazaki
Hanako Hayashi
Published by
Kyoto Shimbun Publishing Center
Newspaper Printing
Kyoto Shimbun Publishing Center
Newsprint Paper
Haine News, 46 kg, 70% brightness
Cover Printing and Binding
syubisya Co., Ltd.
ISBN 978-4-7638-0810-3
All rights reserved. The reproduction in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, of the contents of this work, without the express written permission of the publishers, is prohibited.
Printed in Kyoto, Japan.
April 2026.