Bruce Gilden: Go - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0953890104 ISBN 13: 9780953890101

Publisher: Art Books Intl Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Named for one of the most intellectually challenging board games in the world, played primarily in China, Japan, and Korea by players who use black and white stones to acquire territory, Go presents Bruce Gilden's photographic explorations of the darker side of Japan. In striking, full-page, black-and-white images, Gilden documents the brutal reality of a Japanese street. In-your-face pictures of Yakuza (mobsters), Bosozoku (members of biker gangs), and street people--characters who are alternately intimidating, bloodied, tattooed, frightening, and disheveled--are sporadically interspersed with manga cartoons for a revelatory glimpse at a Japan that looks nothing like its familiar image of calm, orderly, hyper-efficient perfection.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1946, Magnum photographer Bruce Gilden began exhibiting in 1971 and has since shown his work in galleries and museums the world over. He has received numerous grants and awards including three National Endowments for the Arts Fellowships, a Villa Medicis Hors les Murs, a New York State Foundation for the Arts Grant, the European Award for Photography, and a Japan Foundation Fellowship. His previous publications include "Facing New York", "Bleus", "Haiti", and "After The Off".

About this edition

• Publisher: Art Books Intl Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0953890104
• ISBN 13: 9780953890101
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96