Esta colección de fotografías consta de dos partes: "Sand Dune" y "Las cuatro estaciones de los niños". "Sand Dune" es una colección de fotografías tomadas en la prefectura de Tottori, nativa de Ueda, en la zona de dunas de arena, utilizando la naturaleza como estudio. Éstas pertenecen al período inicial de las fotografías recientes de Ueda. Especialmente notable en "Sand Dune" es la composición pictórica. Algunos dicen que hay influencia de Magritte y Tanguy. Esto puede deberse a que Ueda originalmente quería ser artista. Las "Fotografías arregladas" de Ueda pasaron casi sin previo aviso cuando se anunciaron. En aquella época, la mayoría de los fotógrafos japoneses estaban interesados ​​principalmente en la fotografía documental, con el lema de "ningún acuerdo previo". Sin embargo, a los ojos modernos, es un milagro que tal modernismo se desarrollara en una de las ciudades del oeste de Japón durante el siglo XIX. período de preguerra. Y algunas de las fotografías de esa época son frescas y nuevas, incluso hoy. "Sand Dune" fue el punto de partida de Shoji Ueda.
En "The Four Season of the Children".
Ueda photographed the nature and children of the " Sanin "  area during the four seasons . Some of these photo graphs are very old , some of very recent , but the theme running through all of them is the corre spondence between nature and children . They are attempts at photographing things hidden in nature which the eye cannot see . This is well demonstrated by the photograph of a shaven headed child holding a flower at the beginning of the part . At the same time that he is a child , he is also the herald of spring . Or he could just as well be called the spirit of " Ma tasaburo of the Wind " in the legend from northeast Japan . Also , the third photograph showing a boy wearing a fox mask jumping on a hill shows a young fox which has come to a village where there is a feeling of spring and , at the same time , it is the expression of this in dance . Masks are one of the presistent elements in Ueda ' s photographs . This is because the symbolism of the mask is a common method of drawing out reality through his art . Ueda ' s photographs include those that appear to be completely natural snapshots , some of skilled manipulation and some that are produced in the darkroom . This is because Ueda is able to get qualities out of a subject that the eye cannot see . And this is the greatest feature that separates Ueda ' s photographs from those of the many local photographers .
Akira Hasegawa