
Primal
- Publisher
- Libraryman
- Year
- 2019
- ISBN
- 978-91-88113-26-9
- Specifications
- Offset printed hardcover
20.5 × 27 cm
120 pages
290 color plates
Linen thread bound
Blind embossing on spine and back cover, with authentic tip-in image on front cover
Dustcover in offset, with typography on the front and back covers, spine, and flaps in white foil
Blue headband
First edition of 700 copies
Special edition of 25 copies, numbered, with blue folder, screen printed in white, and signed original print
Second edition also published
A range of expressions and emotions permeate the pages as you gradually enter Osamu Yokonami’s continuing exploration of primal instincts. The children glance at you. They unknowingly confront you with their personalities that subtly emanate faced with the challenge of holding onto a fruit or vegetable balancing between chin and shoulder — themselves placed within the ever transitioning clouds. Frowning in menace or softly smiling, distanced from civilisation, they patiently wait to be depicted closest to their most natural state.