Acid Bloom by Mika Ninagawa - 2004-02

Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2003. First edition. Fine condition. New in publisher's shrink wrap, opened. 1/1000. Folio. 42 leaves. Original printed plastic jacket with black lettering on cover, black and white on spine. Text in Japanese and Englsih. "Acid Bloom is all about color, really. And not just any color: Ninagawa Color. Like many of her generation, Ninagawa use a color copier to reproduce her photographs; unlike others, Ninagawa's copier had a broken sensor which caused it to pump the saturation beyond most reasonable levels... It (the color)is really incredible: gorgeous, luscious, headache-inducing, hard-to-look-at-impossible-to-look-away-from color, and the book fairly reeks of ink... The photographs are luscious, gorgeous, and vary between full macro, close up, and landscape focal distances, featuring a cherry blossoms, grasses, roses, maybe marigolds, and some flowers and plants that my darling, adorable wife could probably identify, but that I can't, plus spiders, an ant, a praying… Read More