"Untitled" (#31)
Published in "Decotora"
"Untitled" (#52)
Published in "Decotora"
"Untitled" (#11)
Published in "Decotora"
"Untitled" (#16)
Published in "Decotora"
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Japanese Contemporary Photography
Masaru Tatsuki
Photographer Masaru Tatsuki spent ten years documenting Japan's decotora-truck subculture. Decotora rigs - embellished with neon lights, chrome extensions, and backlit graphics - resemble giant slot machines or 1950s-era jukeboxes. In addition to his stunning images this over-the-top aesthetic of light and color, Tatsuki has created psychologically-rich portraits of the drivers and their families. Decotora culture represents a masculinity that is dying out in Japan, according to Tatsuki. The artist describes the trucks as highly-embellished tools, which carry products to market by day. At night their interiors - which usually include at least one chandelier - become diminutive, mobile palaces. Tatsuki's "Decotora: Japanese Art Truck Scene" was recently released by Little More.
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Selected Resume
1974 Born in Toyama.
1995-96 Worked for Studio Fobos.
1997 Assistant to Kyoji Takahashi.
1998 Became an independent photographer.
Began a nine year project, "Decotora", photographing Japanese customized trucks and their drivers.
2007 "Decotora" published.
2008 Solo exhibition "Decotora" at Little More Gallery,Tokyo.
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