Gift /
Katayama, Mari,
Gift / Mari Katayama ; editor Joyce Lam ; text Simon Baker, Mari Katayama. - First edition - 133 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 30 cm
This book was shortlisted for the 2019 Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards, PhotoBook of the Year.
"Presenting the first book of Mari Katayama (b. 1987, Gunma, Japan), Gift is a retrospective of her past works and evolution as an artist. Born with only two fingers on her left hand and tibial hemimelia, a rare deficiency in which one leg bone is absent, Katayama amputated both her legs at the age of nine, and has since then transcend her condition by works she creates with her prosthetics, intricately embroidered objects and also self-portrait photography, using her own body as a living sculpture." -- Provided by publisher
9784908600043 490860004X
Portrait photography.
Photography, Artistic.
Women amputees--In art.
Women amputees--Pictorial works.
Photobooks.
779.2092 / KAT
Gift / Mari Katayama ; editor Joyce Lam ; text Simon Baker, Mari Katayama. - First edition - 133 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 30 cm
This book was shortlisted for the 2019 Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards, PhotoBook of the Year.
"Presenting the first book of Mari Katayama (b. 1987, Gunma, Japan), Gift is a retrospective of her past works and evolution as an artist. Born with only two fingers on her left hand and tibial hemimelia, a rare deficiency in which one leg bone is absent, Katayama amputated both her legs at the age of nine, and has since then transcend her condition by works she creates with her prosthetics, intricately embroidered objects and also self-portrait photography, using her own body as a living sculpture." -- Provided by publisher
9784908600043 490860004X
Portrait photography.
Photography, Artistic.
Women amputees--In art.
Women amputees--Pictorial works.
Photobooks.
779.2092 / KAT