{"title":"Masao Yamamoto","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMasao Yamamoto Photobooks\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMasao Yamamoto (born 1957, Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) works in small-format silver gelatin prints that resist easy categorisation. His photographs — of still-lifes, nudes, and landscapes — are frequently dyed, toned with tea, painted on, or torn before printing, treating each image as a physical object with its own particular history. The result is a body of work that holds stillness and impermanence in close proximity. His photobooks and artist publications are held in Lokator100's carefully selected catalogue alongside other works in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/photography-photobooks\" title=\"Browse all photography and photobooks at Lokator100\"\u003ePhotography\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYamamoto's publications carry the character of his prints directly into book form. The small scale is deliberate — these are not coffee-table objects but books meant to be held, turned slowly, and returned to. His practice began in oil painting, and that background remains legible in the way he treats photographic surfaces: as grounds for intervention rather than transparent windows onto subject matter. The books function as sequences and as objects simultaneously, making them of interest both to readers of Japanese fine art photography and to collectors drawn to artist-driven publications. Those with an interest in the broader field of experimental photography publishing may also find relevant work in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/iikki\" title=\"Explore IIKKI artist publications at Lokator100\"\u003eIIKKI\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBuying from Lokator100\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLokator100 is an independent bookstore based in Germany. Each item in this collection is documented accurately for condition before listing. Books are packed with care and dispatched from Germany with tracking included. What is described is what arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"kurayami-masao-yamamoto","title":"Kurayami – Masao Yamamoto","description":"\u003ch2\u003eKurayami — Light, Darkness, and the Space Between\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKurayami\u003c\/em\u003e (暗闇, \"darkness\") is a photobook by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/masao-yamamoto\" title=\"Browse all Masao Yamamoto titles available in the shop\"\u003eMasao Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e and musician Akira Uchida, published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/iikki\" title=\"Browse all IIKKI limited edition publications at Lokator100\"\u003eIIKKI\u003c\/a\u003e as a limited edition of 2000 copies, each hand numbered and hand stamped. It is the first and only edition — no reprint is planned. The book follows the dialogue Yamamoto and Uchida began with \u003cem\u003eSasanami\u003c\/em\u003e in September 2020, extending that collaboration into new conceptual territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is structured in two chapters — \u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e — each moving through Yamamoto's characteristic register: small-scale, hand-altered gelatin silver prints that hold light and shadow with equal attention. Across 56 photographs, the images circle themes of transience, nature, intimacy, and presence without resolving them. Darkness here is not absence but atmosphere — a condition in which things become perceptible rather than disappear. Six metallic and silver pages punctuate the sequence, and the hardcover carries an embossed logo, slot, and circle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUchida's music is not incidental to the work. It functions as a coequal voice, composed in direct relation to the images and intended to be heard alongside them. For \u003cem\u003eKurayami\u003c\/em\u003e, Uchida collaborated with Tono Tamami on Sho and Kosaka Osho on Sutra — contributions that deepen the sonic dimension of the book. Each copy includes a \u003cstrong\u003edownload code for the music\u003c\/strong\u003e by Akira Uchida, making that dimension directly accessible to every reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKurayami\u003c\/em\u003e is part of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/photography-photobooks\" title=\"Browse the full photobook catalogue at Lokator100\"\u003ePhotobooks\u003c\/a\u003e catalogue at Lokator100. Another Yamamoto title, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/nusa-masao-yamamoto\" title=\"View Nusa, another Masao Yamamoto title available in the shop\"\u003eNusa - Masao Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e, is also available in the shop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IIKKI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369722282330,"sku":"9782958615703","price":58.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/kurayami-masao-yamamoto-akira-uchida-cover.jpg?v=1781353194"},{"product_id":"nusa-masao-yamamoto","title":"Nusa — Masao Yamamoto","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNusa — the closing part of the Yamamoto \/ Uchida trilogy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNusa\u003c\/em\u003e completes a trilogy that \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/masao-yamamoto\"\u003eMasao Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e and composer Akira Uchida began in 2020 under the imprint of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/iikki\"\u003eIIKKI\u003c\/a\u003e. The first part, \u003cem\u003eSasanami\u003c\/em\u003e, worked with light. The second, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/kurayami-masao-yamamoto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKurayami\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, moved into darkness. \u003cem\u003eNusa\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 2026, holds both in tension — neither resolved nor opposed, but sustained alongside one another in the way that contrast and complement tend to coexist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe project took shape between April 2025 and March 2026 as an ongoing dialogue between Yamamoto and Uchida, initiated by IIKKI. Early in 2026, the two travelled to Hokkaido, where Yamamoto made photographs of ice and the surrounding landscapes while Uchida gathered audio recordings. The resulting book brings photography and music into a single object — 67 photographs printed on Arena Smooth Ivory 140g\/m² paper across 108 pages, with mastering by Taylor Deupree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCredits: Photography by Masao Yamamoto. Music by Akira Uchida. Mastering by Taylor Deupree. Design by sprflxgrfzmTM. Editing by Masao Yamamoto, Reiko Nakajima, and Mathias Van Eecloo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe edition is limited to 1,500 copies, each hand numbered and hand stamped. This is the first and only edition — no reprint is planned. The hardcover measures 24 × 22 cm and is bound in Bodonian binding with visible cream thread stitching. Covers carry a matt laminate stone-grain finish with an embossed logo and slot on both front and back. The book weighs 0.6 kg. ISBN 978-2-489146-00-4. Published by IIKKI on 28 May 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther titles in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/photography-photobooks\"\u003ePhotography \u0026amp; Photobooks\u003c\/a\u003e collection are available at Lokator100.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IIKKI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54301477142874,"sku":"978-2-489146-00-4","price":60.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/nusa-masao-yamamoto-cover-front.jpg?v=1781353069"}],"url":"https:\/\/lokator100.store\/collections\/masao-yamamoto.oembed","provider":"Lokator100","version":"1.0","type":"link"}