A blue sky. A shimmering river. The birth of a new life. These are the first three photographs from Rinko Kawauchi’s book AS IT IS. This new body of work returns to Kawauchi’s earlier photographic focus on her personal universe through family, memory and time. This book presents a succession of mundane moments and gestures ― a spider’s web, a bowl of rice, a small hand pointing at an insect ― along with more significant ones ― her daughter’s first steps, family outings, the passing of a close relative.