Illuminance

First Edition, 2011. 176 pages.

Book measures 8.5 x 11.25 inches. Pale blue cloth with color photograph tipped on to front cover. No dust jacket as issued. Japanese binding. First Edition, First Printing. Includes a text by David Chandler. Kawauchi’s work has frequently been lauded for its nuanced palette and offhand compositional mastery, as well as its ability to incite wonder via careful attention to tiny gestures and the incidental details of her everyday environment. In Illuminance, Kawauchi continues her exploration of the extraordinary in the mundane, drawn to the fundamental cycles of life and the seemingly inadvertent, fractal-like organization of the natural world into formal patterns.

Spine and edges of cover show very faint sun-fading. Otherwise a solid copy of the First Printing. Very Good+