Kizamu Presents
Dublin Core
Title
Kizamu Presents
Description
“Shunkan means ‘a moment’ — a brief point in time that passes quickly, yet stays in memory.”
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“Kizamu” (刻む) means to carve, to engrave, to imprint — a word that quietly honours the impermanence of moments and the lingering traces they leave behind.
KIZAMU is a brand first and foremost as well as a photographic project rooted in the quiet poetry of everyday life. Born from three months of travel across Japan, this body of work captures not just what was seen, but what was felt.
Through a series of limited-edition zines — each guided by a Japanese phrase such as Shunkan (moments in time), Takumi (food), Utsuroi (the beauty of transition), and more, — KIZAMU seeks to hold space for the ephemeral.
These zines will explore themes of memory, movement, respect, solitude, loneliness, joy, routine, reflection and more — not through grand narratives, but through the subtle gestures that define a culture, and a life.
Over the coming months, KIZAMU will unfold as a growing archive of photographic fragments — tactile and tangible — printed with care, designed with minimal elegance, and released in small runs.
Each zine will be a meditation on a single idea, while the final book, will bring them together into one distilled expression: a carved memory of a nation in motion.
KIZAMU is not just a collection of images — it’s an invitation to slow down, to observe deeply, and to feel the weight and lightness of a moment before it passes.
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“Kizamu” (刻む) means to carve, to engrave, to imprint — a word that quietly honours the impermanence of moments and the lingering traces they leave behind.
KIZAMU is a brand first and foremost as well as a photographic project rooted in the quiet poetry of everyday life. Born from three months of travel across Japan, this body of work captures not just what was seen, but what was felt.
Through a series of limited-edition zines — each guided by a Japanese phrase such as Shunkan (moments in time), Takumi (food), Utsuroi (the beauty of transition), and more, — KIZAMU seeks to hold space for the ephemeral.
These zines will explore themes of memory, movement, respect, solitude, loneliness, joy, routine, reflection and more — not through grand narratives, but through the subtle gestures that define a culture, and a life.
Over the coming months, KIZAMU will unfold as a growing archive of photographic fragments — tactile and tangible — printed with care, designed with minimal elegance, and released in small runs.
Each zine will be a meditation on a single idea, while the final book, will bring them together into one distilled expression: a carved memory of a nation in motion.
KIZAMU is not just a collection of images — it’s an invitation to slow down, to observe deeply, and to feel the weight and lightness of a moment before it passes.
Publisher
Kizamu
Date
2025
Format
Stitch Binding
Zine Item Type Metadata
Issue Title
Shunkan of Japan
Issue Number
KZMU001
Editor
Benjamin Oliver Lloyd
Designer
Benjamin Oliver Lloyd
Contributors
Benjamin Oliver Lloyd
Dimensions
A5
Number of Pages
36
Place of Publication
Online - Self Publication
Printer
Mixam
Edition Size
30 Editions
Website
https://kizamu.bigcartel.com/
Where to buy
https://kizamu.bigcartel.com/
Links to reviews
https://unitom.co.uk/products/takumi-of-japan-1-origins?_pos=1&_sid=a3b65113b&_ss=r
Citation
Kizamu, “Kizamu Presents ,” Photobook Cafe Photobook Collection, accessed August 20, 2025, https://photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/1748.