{"product_id":"fluence-the-continuance-of-yohji-yamamoto-photographs-by-takay-9788862087070","title":"Fluence: The Continuance of Yohji Yamamoto: Photographs by Takay","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn elegant  large-format homage to the Yamamoto look A New York Times critics pick  Best Art Books 2020  This volume celebrates the creative power and style of the great Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto. Shot in sensuous black and white  primarily in Tokyo  these previously unpublished imagesby photographer Takayrespond to the iconic black designs and silhouettes of Yamamotos clothing  featuring some of Japans most accomplished actors  musicians and models  such as stage director Yukio Ninagawa  photographer Daido Moriyama  actress Rie Miyazawa  media artist Yoichi Ochiai and musician Char. The locations hark back to Japan of the 1980s  the end of the Showa era.  The seed for this book was planted many years ago  at the start of Takays career  when he worked on a Yamamoto project  and came to fruition after he was offered the use of the Yamamoto archive  which spans 40 years of designs. For Takay  Yohji Yamamotos work exemplifies a strong  avant-garde  masculine style  mixed with a keen Japanese sensibility and elegance.  Takay (born 1973) is a Japanese photographer based in New York  whose photographs have been featured in major fashion publications such as Harpers Bazaar  Vogue  LUomo Vogue and I-D  as well as in global advertising campaigns. His work has appeared in the Victoria \u0026amp; Albert Museums exhibition Men in Skirts  which traveled to the Metropolitan Museum in 2003; the Couture Chanel exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing; and the Mets Spring 2013 Costume Institute exhibition Punk: Chaos to Couture. In 2016 Takay published the monograph Echos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665844363317,"sku":"ByrdShop_8862087071","price":86.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9788862087070.jpg?v=1782409846","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/fluence-the-continuance-of-yohji-yamamoto-photographs-by-takay-9788862087070","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}