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The clouds serve as a common denominator in Osamu Yokonami’s (b. 1967, Japanese) continued exploration of youth, collectivity and anonymity. The utopian settings in Kumo depict an analogy of the cultural homogenization of society’s interconnecting networks; the social system—as a visual metaphor, the strength of a group can overcome individual actions.
Shooting locations include Tateyama, Mount Fuji, Miura, Numazu—all in Japan.
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First edition of 1,000 copies. Special edition of 25 copies, numbered, in paperboard slipcase, screen printed in white, with signed original print.
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Published in 2020 by Libraryman
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ISBN 978–91–88113–39–9
24,5 x 30 cm. 52 pages. 24 color plates. Offset printed clothbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Authentic tip-in image on front cover with typography on spine and back cover in bordeaux foil. Perforated pages for suggested removal. Beige headband.
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A Study on Folds – Carlotta Manaigo
Books & MagazinesSeasons 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 Carlotta Manaigo (b. 1980, Italian). First edition of 500 copies. Special edition of 25 copies, numbered, in paperboard slipcase, screen printed in white, with signed original print. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2020 by Libraryman ISBN 978–91–88113–37–5 21,5 cm x 27,5 cm. 32 pages. 24 color plates. Color offset printed paperbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. White and blue headband. Typography on front cover, spine and back cover in white foil. [/spb_toggle]
Bela Borsodi – Unicorn
Books & MagazinesUnicorn by Bela Borsodi (b. 1966, Austrian) is comprised of a series of seemingly abstract still life photographs, which upon further inspection reveal themselves to be tautly illustrative photographic rebus puzzles — allusive devices that use pictures to represent words or parts of words. When viewed without context, the photographs contain a seemingly random conflation of imagery and items, but slowly and through observation, patterns emerge through clues laid throughout the frame. Objects appear precisely placed, and letters indicate verbal additions or subtractions. You start to break down the images into sectors, forcing yourself to look at the photographs in a manner unlike your regular ways of seeing. You excoriate the frame, searching for clues. By the time you’ve solved the puzzle, you’ve also luxuriated into a new photographic realm. [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"]
Importantly noted, Borsodi’s images are composed entirely in camera. While from afar they might seem to be abstract collages combining unconnected images and overlaid typography, Borsodi’s control of composition is nothing if not entirely ordered. The seemingly flat typographic clues are in fact three dimensional hand crafted letters placed among the objects. Through these elements, the images do two things at once — they aesthetically compel as visual art must and also work as a thematic device. “They are ruthlessly governed by utmost restriction and inflexibility,” says Borsodi. “Creating a solvable functional puzzle AND a cohesive attractive meaningful photograph with a message was my initiative.” So as not to deny any of us the pleasure of solving Borsodi’s intriguing compositions, too much explanation of any image’s meaning here should be avoided. But it is important to state that each image’s word retains a strong connection to the artist himself, and in some ways can be viewed as a subliminal summary of the artist’s ethos and character. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2018 by Libraryman First edition of 700 copies. ISBN 978–91–88113–15–3 23,5 cm x 30 cm. 40 pages. 20 color plates. Offset printed clothbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. White headband. Authentic tip-in image on front cover with typography on spine and back cover in gold foil. [/spb_toggle]
Stella Berkofsky — Jugaad
Books & Magazines, Goods, LibraryJugaad in Hindi is used to describe a bringing together of ad hoc elements to create something functional or useful; although sometimes the word is considered to imply “settling” Stella Berkofsky’s (b. 1991, British) uncompromising interpretation of the word leans more toward humor and innovation; finding the beauty in the unseen. Photographed over five years in various corners of the world, Berkofsky’s Jugaad is a carrier bag of field notes collected while in exploration of heartlands. At play between body and landscape, literal and composed, the images are at once cartography and tapestry. Found objects form signs, figures wearing seams or shadows become maps; the details often overlooked show us the way home. [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"]
First edition of 500 copies. Special edition of 25 copies, numbered, in paperboard slipcase, screen printed in white, with signed original print. Choice of 2 prints. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2021 by Libraryman First edition: ISBN 978–91–88113–42–9 27 x 22,2 cm. 72 pages. 46 black/white plates. Black/white offset printed paperbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Authentic tip-in image on front cover. Dustcover in black/white offset. Beige headband. [/spb_toggle]
Annemarieke van Drimmelen – Tadaima
Books & MagazinesTadaima by Annemarieke van Drimmelen (b. 1978, Dutch) is an intimate portrait in respect to the heartache and its beauty of a journey homeward. [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"]
At age ten Annemarieke acquired a camera for the first time, her mother’s, merely after her passing. By picking up the camera she was adept to perceive her mother slightly better by photographing small moments; her father’s hands, light reflecting on the water—it was her way of keeping a diary. In recent years she felt it essential to revisit this approach of spirit, by capturing moments during travels through Arizona, California, Paris and Amsterdam. The memory of her mother is piercing in the pictures but also cacti with wooden supports so they won’t fall, of walls, and stones, some from Georgia O’Keefe’s collection, a towel on a beach, a friend’s old chair, women, men, seen as close-up as photographically possible. A narrative of recognisable familial warmth intertwining with herself becoming a mother for the first time. Blue was her mother’s favourite color. A very dark blue. By hand printing cyanotypes (or blue prints; a technique invented in 1800’s, by Anna Atkins, a British botanist also considered the first woman photographer) for Tadaima, Annemarieke endeavoured to attain as close to her mother’s blue as she can remember. Tadaima is loosely translated from Japanese as I just came home. The book contains a preface by Annemarieke van Drimmelen, written expressly to her late mother. First edition of 700 copies. Special edition of 50 copies, numbered, in paperboard slipcase, screen printed in blue, with signed original print. Choice of 2 prints. → Shortlisted for The Agents Club Photography Awards, 2020 [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2019 by Libraryman ISBN 978–91–88113–30–6 24,5 cm x 30,5 cm. 80 pages. 69 color plates. Offset printed clothbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Grey headband. Authentic tip-in image on front cover with typography on front cover, spine and back cover in white foil. [/spb_toggle]