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Overview
Named for one of the most intellectually challenging board games in the world, played primarily in China, Japan, and Korea by players who use black-and-white stones to acquire territory, "Go" presents Bruce Gilden's photographic explorations of the darker side of Japan. In striking, full-page, black-and-white images, Gilden documents the brutal reality of a Japanese street. In-your-face pictures of "Yakuza" (mobsters), "Bosozoku" (members of biker gangs), and street people—characters who are alternately intimidating, bloodied, tatooed, frightening, and dissheveled—are sporadically interspersed with "manga" cartoons for a revelatory glimpse at a Japan that looks nothing like its familiar image of calm, orderly, hyper-efficient perfection. Introduction by Bruce Gilden.Book Details
Published
October 10, 2000
Publisher
Arctic Paper
Pages
96
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780953890101