November 2015
Edition of 500
24.5x31cm
80+8 Pages
Double Flexicover
ISBN 9788894134100
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Designed by Milo Montelli and Vittorio Mortarotti

My brother died in a car accident in 1999. His last girlfriend, Kaori, was Japanese. She kept on writing and sending photos for months after the accident. The search for Kaori led me to Fukushima and the tsunami area, working as a pretext to look for stories of loss and reconstruction across Japan

Vittorio Mortarotti

“The first day of good weather” is an exceptional book project. Mortarotti possesses a visual acuity that he uses to great effect, evoking a set of emotions in a sequence of images that deploys the opacity of photography (the counterpoint of its claim to truth). The book itself is very beautiful assembled. The printing and layout are especially strong.
Lucy Moore for the “First Book Award” shortlist by MACK

Shortlisted for the First Book Award by MACK
Best of 2015 on Tim Clark’s list
Shorlisted for LIVRE Circulation(S) 2016

[Press]
Interview on VOGUE
Review on GUP Magazine
Review on Phom
Interview on Fotografia Magazine
Video interview for “Secondo”
Book review on 1000words Magazine