Everyday Treasures［second edition］
Bibliographic Details
- Title
- Everyday Treasures［second edition］ / くらしの宝石［新装版］
- Author
- Koo Bohnchang / 具本昌
- Editor
- Osamu Kushida / 櫛田理
- Designer
- Nobuhiro Yamaguchi / 山口信博 + Ippei Tamai / 玉井一平
- Director
- Art direction by Nobuhiro Yamaguchi / 山口信博
- Publisher
- BON BOOK (TOSHO PRINTING CO., LTD.)
- Year
- 2023
- Size
- w148 × h210 × d8mm
- Weight
- 200g
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- Japanese and English / 日英対訳
- Binding
- Hard Cover Binding / ハードカバー
- Materials
- Paper
- Edition
- Limited edition of 2400 copies / Special edition of 100 copies
- Condition
- New
The first edition published by Rutles in 2007 is reprinted as a second edition with a lot of new photographs. ラトルズから2007年に刊行された初版を大幅に刷新した新装版 / Translation by Sharon Hayashi, Louis Templado シャロン・林、ルイス・テンプラート, Osamu Kushida 櫛田 理 (p.2、p.111) / Book Design by Yoshihisa Tanaka 田中義久 / Sales Cooperation by 無印良品 MUJI BOOKS / Printing and Binding by TOSHO PRINTING CO., LTD. 図書印刷株式会社
If the stone is a solitary philosopher,
Soap has no name
He seems like a normal working person.
... Nobuhiro Yamaguchi
A collection of "half-used soap" photographed by Korea's leading photographer Koo Bohnchang as his life's work. For the first time in 16 years, the book has been republished with a new look and with major changes to the photos and structure. 112 page book includes 52 images and a preface by the author and the book designer, Yamaguchi Nobuhiro. At the end of the book,Includes a chronology of photographer Koo Bohnchang.
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«Special Edition»
・Special edition with original photo print
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Author Profile
Koo Bohnchang
One of Korea's leading photographers, always captures "traces of time." As if to capture the invisible presence that resides only in quiet moments. For example, he photographs white porcelain, a cultural heritage of Korea that is rarely found in the country, from the British Museum, to Japan Folk Crafts Museum. He started collecting "white porcelain" that was scattered around the country.
He has held over 40 solo exhibitions at venues including Samsung Rodin Gallery in Seoul (2001), Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts (2002), Galerie Camera Obscura in Paris (2004), Kukje Gallery in Seoul, Kahitsukan Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art (2006), Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (2006), Goeun Museum of Photography in Busan (2007), and Philadelphia Museum of Art (2010).