Why botanical, the human position, 2022
54 pages 50 images Handmade photobook
Softcover 21x19.5cm, 80g Dutch white card
Why Botanical, The Human Position, is inspired by Takuma Nakahira's book Why an Illustrated Botanical Dictionary? (1973). Unlike an illustrated dictionary that rejects any speculation, unlike a purified objective photographer’s position that Takuma suggested, this book focuses on the collective memories’ creation. By focusing on trunk's form, the bark's texture, the leaves veins, through mirroring, the trees are be seen as human. Once open the fold, when audience reach to the full image by actively involved in, the memory created are linked together. You will see face, see taboo, see expression, see religion, see everything that says human.

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