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Japanese whispers / Zaza Bertrand.
LIBRA - Limited TR820.5 .B44 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bertrand, Zaza, photographer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bertrand, Zaza--Themes, motives.
- Bertrand, Zaza.
- Sex workers--Japan--Pictorial works.
- Sex workers.
- Documentary photography.
- documentary photography.
- Themes, motives.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 96 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
- Other Title:
- Nippon no sasayaki
- 日本の囁き
- Place of Publication:
- [Ghent, Belgium] : Art Paper Editions, [2016]
- Language Note:
- Title also in Japanese.
- Summary:
- Fascinated by the concept of intimacy in Japan, Belgian photographer Zaza Bertrand created this documentary photo series at locations known as 'love hotels'. In these kitschy and secluded safe havens that epitomise the pragmatic separation of sex and love in Japan, erotic desires are expressed freely yet anonymously. As an outsider, Bertrand attempts to capture these innate dichotomies and paradoxes. Reflecting the ambiguous perceptions about intimacy experienced in Japanese culture, the candid images capture a sense of alienation and poignancy in places where young people can escape to regain a level of self-sufficiency and empowerment, albeit only temporally. Publisher.
- Notes:
- Cover title.
- "APE #078"--Colophon.
- ISBN:
- 9789490800550
- 9490800554
- OCLC:
- 967836117
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