YUKI ONODERA - HOW TO MAKE A PEARL (SIGNED)

YUKI ONODERA
How to make a pearl (Signed)

Published by Nazraeli Press, 2002
Book size 14.7 x 18.7 cm
Pages 16 pages
12 images and 1 original print
Hardcover
Limited edition of 500
Numbered and signed by the artist
ISBN: 1-59005-027-4

“It is a strange but none the less charming fact that an object as beautifully round, smooth and translucent as a full moon exists only because a grain of sand has irritated the insides of an oyster. Yuki Onodera, a Japanese photographer now living in Paris, has taken this quirky process of nature as inspiration for a series of wonderfully atmospheric and aptly grainy black-and-white pictures. A speck of sand has infiltrated the lens of her camera and is now transformed into a pearl that hovers tantalizingly above the heads of people in a crowd, like a luminous being of pure light. Onodera was born in Tokyo in 1962, and studied at the Kuwazawa Design Studio. Her work is represented in the permanent collections of such institutions as the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. How to Make a Pearl is published as part of our One Picture Book Series in an edition limited to 500 numbered and signed copies. Each book comes with an original black-and-white print tipped into the final page.” -Nazraeli Press, the Publisher

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“It is a strange but no less charming fact that an object as beautifully round, smooth, and translucent as a pearl exists only because a grain of sand has irritated the inside of an oyster.” Yuki Onodera, a Japanese photographer now living in Paris, took this quirky process of nature as inspiration for a series of beautifully atmospheric and perfectly grainy black-and-white photographs. A grain of sand has found its way into her camera lens and is now transformed into a pearl that hovers tantalizingly above the heads of people in a crowd, like a luminous being of pure light. Onodera was born in Tokyo in 1962 and studied at the Kuwazawa Design Studio. His work is represented in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. "How to Make a Pearl" is published as part of the One Picture Book series in a limited edition of 500 numbered and signed copies. Each book is accompanied by an original black and white print placed on the last page." - Nazraeli Press, the publisher