ATMOS

Hatakeyama, Naoya. ATMOS. Tucson; Berlin: Nazraeli Press, 2003. 1/2000. Oblong Quarto. Original white cloth, with full-size cloth inside flaps, blind-stamped lettering on cover and housed in a clear acetate slipcase. Photographs of a mill and its surrounding area, arranged in two series, each bound to inside covers.

“A leading figure in contemporary Japanese art Hatakeyama’s previous series such as Lime Works, River and Underground have received international critical acclaim. The photographs in the previously unpublished series Atmos were made in En Camarque, Fos-sur-Mer in 2003, and are beautifully represented in this important new artist’s book.

Hatakeyama photographed this industrial area from two distinct perspectives: from inside the mill located within the town’s borders, and from the outskirts of the town itself. The former document the terrifying power of machines man builds to produce goods; the latter reveal the dream-like variations in the surrounding landscape: salt fields, calm waters and pastures. The two bodies of work have been bound face to face within a hardcover case, allowing the viewer to create hundreds of double page spreads from the twenty-two reproductions.” (Publisher) New in publisher’s shrink wrap. Hardcover. (52157) $75