die of love — Hideka Tonomura — Zen Foto Gallery — 2018

Tonomura treats love as tragicomedy rather than romance, moving between intimacy, desire, vulnerability and absurdity. The photographs are printed in saturated colour on unusually thin paper, giving the sequence a physical fragility that matches its emotional instability. Following They Called Me Yukari and Mama Love, the book continues her autobiographical approach without resolving its contradictions: happiness and despair, attraction and damage remain present at the same time.

Technical Sheet
Title: die of love
Artist / Author: Hideka Tonomura
Date: 2018
Edition: Limited edition of 700 copies
Medium / Materials: Softcover
Dimensions: 25.7 × 18.2 cm
Pages: 116 pages, 86 images
Language: English / Japanese
Publisher: Zen Foto Gallery
ISBN: 978-4-905453-77-2
Condition: New