Seasons Series draws inspiration from Kim Ki-Duk’s seminal film Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring in which different actors, for each season, play the same character who is abandoned on a lake next to a floating monastery. The film specifically focuses on the shifting nature of the seasons and its effects on the protagonist’s fosterage. The books take their lead from the film in that simple and profound ideas, human passions and spirituality can be perceived differently depending on the season. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]

Seasons Series is a quarterly book series, in which a group of artists are brought together under one vision with a focus on each artist’s singular way of seeing. Each of the books in the series will focus on differing subjects and all monographs will showcase the artist’s unique approach to photography. All the books in the series will maintain the same size, dimensions and page count. The first 25 of each will come as a special edition containing a print. We hereby continue the book series with new works by Yusaku Aoki (b. 1987, Japanese). First edition of 500 copies. Special edition of 25 copies, numbered, in paperboard slipcase, screen printed in white, with signed original print. Choice of 5 prints. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2019 by Libraryman First edition: ISBN 978–91–88113–27–6 21,5 x 27,5 cm. 32 pages. 21 color plates. Color offset printed paperbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Orange headband. Typography on front cover, spine and back cover in white foil. [/spb_toggle]  

The notable series Reclining Woo—Man (1997–2001) by Ryudai Takano (b. 1963, Japanese) exhibits an unalike depiction of nudity, which often being ignored in the arts. The title derives from “Reclining Woman”—a title often found among European classical paintings. The title is a parody, but the photographs are not. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]

Takano was exploring how to capture his own sense of beauty prior to meeting Kikuo. It was such an overwhelming encounter that caused Takano to abandon his quest. Kikuo; a stout, naked, middle-aged man, lying on a sofa bed. To give an example, it might have felt for him as if Mars, the Roman god of war appeared as a muse. After that, Kikuo continued to drive Takano’s creation for 10 years. When the camera became popular around the mid-1960s, many artists began to employ photography by questioning if “photography can be sufficient as art?”. However, soon the question got slightly altered to the essence of art, “what is ‘to see’ the world?”. This extended the definition of photography. Photographs early possessed a record-ability and multiplicity and when digital photography emerged in common households in the late 1990s it added its visual effects. Nowadays, photography has surpassed these ideas; it does not solely seek for “to see” but it has prompted us to be aware of the uncertainty of “what we see”. As Duncan Wooldridge mentions in his foreword, Ryudai Takano's photographs are showing us “how to rethink vision”—we will know the multifaceted world and its diversity through his photographs. The book contains a foreword written by critic and essayist Duncan Wooldridge (b. 1981, British) First edition of 500 copies, with fold-out poster. Special edition of 30 copies, numbered, in folded paperboard cover, with signed original print. Pasted image on paperboard cover. Choice of 2 prints — 15 copies of each print. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2021 by Libraryman First edition: ISBN 978–91–88113–43–6 20 x 27,4 cm. 28 pages. 2 fold-outs. 15 black/white plates, separated from 8 pictures. Black/white offset printed softcover. Saddle-stitched. Color offset printed dustcover. [/spb_toggle]