Softcover with perforated folded flaps
ISBN:
9781912339341
Trails (2019) by Takashi Homma, published by MACK Books, marks a stark departure from the photographer's renowned explorations of urban and suburban landscapes.
Set in the remote, snow-covered Shiretoko Peninsula of Hokkaido, Japan, the project documents the visceral remnants of deer hunts. Homma followed local hunters through the winter terrain, photographing the tracks and blood trails left behind in the pristine snow. The resulting images contrast the violent, bright red splashes of blood against the serene white landscape, creating a rigorous, almost abstract formalist study of mortality, nature, and human intervention.
Published as a first edition by MACK in 2019, the book's physical construction reflects the delicate tension of its subject matter. It is designed as a softcover with unique perforated folded flaps, utilizing a fragile materiality that contrasts sharply with the stark reality of the hunt.
Trails anchors perfectly within the Bushwick Sur Seine archive by bridging visual formalism with the book-as-object. Homma strips away traditional documentary narrative, reducing the violence of a deer hunt to abstract, structural compositions of red blood on stark white snow. Furthermore, MACK’s delicate physical design, featuring fragile, perforated folded flaps, forces a tactile interaction that conceptually contrasts with the visceral subject matter.
Trails (2019) by Takashi Homma, published by MACK Books, marks a stark departure from the photographer's renowned explorations of urban and suburban landscapes.
Set in the remote, snow-covered Shiretoko Peninsula of Hokkaido, Japan, the project documents the visceral remnants of deer hunts. Homma followed local hunters through the winter terrain, photographing the tracks and blood trails left behind in the pristine snow. The resulting images contrast the violent, bright red splashes of blood against the serene white landscape, creating a rigorous, almost abstract formalist study of mortality, nature, and human intervention.
Published as a first edition by MACK in 2019, the book's physical construction reflects the delicate tension of its subject matter. It is designed as a softcover with unique perforated folded flaps, utilizing a fragile materiality that contrasts sharply with the stark reality of the hunt.
Trails anchors perfectly within the Bushwick Sur Seine archive by bridging visual formalism with the book-as-object. Homma strips away traditional documentary narrative, reducing the violence of a deer hunt to abstract, structural compositions of red blood on stark white snow. Furthermore, MACK’s delicate physical design, featuring fragile, perforated folded flaps, forces a tactile interaction that conceptually contrasts with the visceral subject matter.
Trails (2019) by Takashi Homma, published by MACK Books, marks a stark departure from the photographer's renowned explorations of urban and suburban landscapes.
Set in the remote, snow-covered Shiretoko Peninsula of Hokkaido, Japan, the project documents the visceral remnants of deer hunts. Homma followed local hunters through the winter terrain, photographing the tracks and blood trails left behind in the pristine snow. The resulting images contrast the violent, bright red splashes of blood against the serene white landscape, creating a rigorous, almost abstract formalist study of mortality, nature, and human intervention.
Published as a first edition by MACK in 2019, the book's physical construction reflects the delicate tension of its subject matter. It is designed as a softcover with unique perforated folded flaps, utilizing a fragile materiality that contrasts sharply with the stark reality of the hunt.
Trails anchors perfectly within the Bushwick Sur Seine archive by bridging visual formalism with the book-as-object. Homma strips away traditional documentary narrative, reducing the violence of a deer hunt to abstract, structural compositions of red blood on stark white snow. Furthermore, MACK’s delicate physical design, featuring fragile, perforated folded flaps, forces a tactile interaction that conceptually contrasts with the visceral subject matter.