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.
Buy Masaru Tatsuki 's book, "Decotora" at the Photo-Eye website
http://www.taigallery.com/masaru_tatsuki.html
Cool! I've never seen anything like these.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like photo-eye also has an interview with Masaru Tatsuki in their online magazine that's pretty interesting.