Hanauri by Silvana Editoriale - 9788836660377

Name: Hanauri by Silvana Editoriale - 9788836660377
Brand: Silvana

Silvana

HanauriThe Japan of Flower Sellers Through the Eyes of Linda Fregni Nagler\nAuthor(s): Silvana Editoriale\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Silvana, Italy\nImprint: Silvana\nISBN-13: 9788836660377, 978-8836660377\nSynopsis\nThe volume is dedicated to the project of the artist Linda Fregni Nagler concerning a series of Japanese photographs of the Yokohama school (Yokohama Shashin), which have as their subject flower sellers (hanauri), a highly appreciated category of street vendors in Japan during the Edo and Meiji periods.\n\nThe photographs, dating back to the mid-nineteenth century and collected over a period of 20 years by Linda Fregni Nagler, are accompanied by some works by the artist herself who rephotographed the original albums, printing them in the darkroom and colouring them by hand with a technique similar to that of the period [tel].\n\nThis intervention gives new meaning to the images, illustrating the history of a specific way of looking at exoticism and otherness.\n\nThe.