Masaru Tatsuki: DECOTORA

This is a photo collection that is the culmination of photographer Masaru Tatsuki's more than 10 years of traveling around the country to photograph decorated trucks and the people who live in that world.
Andon, Urokosten, Obake-Q bumper, Kinkazan, chandelier - the camera not only captures the splendor of the art trucks decorated in a variety of styles, but also delves into the lives of each of the truckers who operate them.

Their mysterious glow on the streets at night and their quiet presence in a parking lot during the day. What emerges from this stark contrast is the pride of those who survive harsh labor and the reality of everyday life.

The exhibition focuses on decotora not as a mere visual spectacle, but as a form of labor, the human body, and culture.

[Title] DECOTORA
[Publisher] Little More
[Publication date] August 17, 2007 (1st edition)
[Number of pages] Unpaginated
[Size] Approx. 238*288*14mm, 915g
[Format] Hardcover
[Language] Japanese
[Title Reading] Decotra
[Authors/Editors] Masaru Tatsuki/Author, Yoshinori Ochiai (Garage)/Design, Hirohisa Asaba/Editor
[Printing] Toppan Printing/Printing and Binding
[ISBN] 9784898152188
[Condition] Used [4] Average to below average (stains on cover, obi, and endpapers, slight old book smell)
[Accessories] Obi
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Masaru Tatsuki

Born in Toyama Prefecture in 1974. Photographer.
He began working as a freelancer in 1998. In the same year, he discovered art trucks (decotora), and for nine years traveled around the country photographing trucks and their drivers, publishing the photo book "DECOTORA" (Little More) in 2007.
Since 2006, he has continued to visit the Tohoku region, taking photographs while deeply engaging with the people, culture, and nature, and in 2011 he published the photo book "Tohoku" (Little More).
This work won him the 37th Kimura Ihei Photography Award.

Since then, he has continued to create works on themes of the body, labor, and memories of the land. His major photo books include "Is Your Blood Still Red?" (SLANT), "KURAGARI" and "The End." (both SUPER BOOKS), and "Fishman" (T&M Projects).

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