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Publisher Note
This first book by Mari Katayama is both a retrospective and a document of her evolution as a photographer and artist. Katayama, who was born with tibial hemimelia, a rare deficiency that prevented growth in the lower legs and caused a cleft left hand that resembles a crab’s pincers, amputated her legs at age nine. She explores the possibilities of her own body by creating situations that manipulate the way we see her and painting tattoo-like designs on her prosthetics. Intricately embroidered, pillow-like objects in the shape of limbs and mannequins combine with self-portrait photography to elucidate uncanny and alluring expressions of a DIY aesthetic and notions of beauty.
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| Release Place | Tokyo, Japan |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Release Date | 2019 |
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| Printrun | 2500 |
| Identifiers |
ISBN-13:
9784908600043
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| Topics | Body, Self-Portrait, Tibial Hemimelia, Women |
| Language | English, Japanese |
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| Format | Hardcover, clothbound |
| Dimensions | 21.5 × 30.0 cm |
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| Pages | 136 |
