FRAGILE BOOKS is pleased to present "still life〈2nd edition〉"
A new second form is born of the still life photo book that resembles the far north, which was born from the encounter between Kenji Aoki, who explores non-objects in photography, and Nobuhiro Yamaguchi, who has translated Japanese beauty into design.
The〈1st edition〉released last September had a wing-like folded folder that gently wrapped around six unbound books, but the〈2nd edition〉retains the photographs inside, but adds a newly written preface and other features to create a vertical spine. It has undergone an unprecedented transformation, as if the Myrmeleontidae transformed into a swan with a backbone as soon as it overwintered.
For the details page of this photo book, click here.
You can purchase the 1st edition here.
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<Book information>
still life
Kenji Aoki
Director + Editor + Publisher: Osamu Kushida
Art Director + Designer: Nobuhiro Yamaguchi
DTP: Ippei Tamai
Printing: Iword
Binding: Akie Tsuzuki
Sleeve Case:Taiseishiki Seisakusyo
Edition: Limited 100 copies
Publication Date: March 11, 2025
Price: ¥30,000+tax
Published by FRAGILE BOOKS
1-16-17-306, Higashigaoka, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
152-0021 JAPAN
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《 Book Exhibition 》
Date：2025.3.11 (Fri) → 9.1 (Sun)
Time：11am〜19pm
Place：Moriokashoten
Suzuki Bld.1F, 1-28-15 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Talk event（Language is Japanese only）
Participants:
Nobuhiro Yamaguchi (graphic designer)
Akie Tsuzuki (bookmaker)
Osamu Kushida (editor)
Date: 2025.3.11 (Tue)
Time: 18:30 Reception
19:00 - 20:30
Location: Auditorium on the 9th floor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Small and Medium Enterprises Hall (2-10-18 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo)
Participation fee: 1,500 yen (tax included)
How to apply: Please make a reservation from Morioka Shoten Peatix.
Profile
Kenji Aoki (b. 1968, Tokyo)
Photographer specializing in still life taken from a viewpoint focused on geometric forms. He was taught to draw by his uncle, the craft designer Mosuke Yoshitake, and later discovered the Bauhaus design principles while studying at Kuwasawa Design School. He was influenced by the idea of “The Non-Objective World” proposed by Malevich that resonates with the idea of Japanese zen. He began to seek out non-objects among the forms in reality through the use of photography. Upon relocating to the United States in 2010 he started taking images for The New York Times Magazine and TIME, which were critically acclaimed. In 2021 he published SPACE with Kehrer Verlag. He returned to Japan in 2022.
