(Signed) Rama Lama Ding Dong by Yusuke Yamatani

The second edition of "Rama Lama Ding Dong," a photo book by Yusuke Yamatani, published in 2015.

Yamatani traveled around various music communities and squats, and finally arrived in Osaka, where he made his debut with the work "tsugi no yoru e", a compilation of photographs he took. His work has attracted attention for its poignant monochrome worldview, but he is always trying to expand on his previous work without sticking to that style.

This work features photographs that Yamatani took on his honeymoon with his wife. Speaking of honeymoons, Araki's "Sentimental Journey" is famous, but this ambitious work is an homage to not only Araki but also various essences of previous generations, updating Yamatani's photography as if to swallow them up.

The contents are the same as the first edition, but the bookbinding method has been changed to improve the opening of the book. Also, the illustration of the ants on the back cover was changed to two to coincide with the birth of the second child.

Signed by the author.

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Title: Rama Lama Ding Dong
Artist: Yusuke Yamatani
GALLERY YAMATANI, 2018
Hardcover, 247 x 190 mm
80 pages
Second edition of 1000 copies, signed
¥5,000 + tax