Dondoro
Estelle Hanania
Kaugummi Books
English and French
Softcover
First Edition
48 Pages
165 x 220 mm
2011
ISBN 9782358620284
Dondoro is a photographic work born from the collaboration between Estelle Hanania and the famous Japanese puppet master Hoichi Okamoto. And enigmatic creator who lived alone in the Japanese countryside near Nagano, he created hundreds of puppets for his own performances. He archived all his puppets since the late 1970s. When Hoichi Okamoto slipped behind one of its human-sized puppets to animate it, a confused game began between the master, the puppet and the photographer. As is often the case with Estelle Hanania’s work, Dondoro leads the spectator into a world where human figures constantly appear and disappear, in the magical world of a magical storyteller.
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About the Artist
Estelle Hanania is French Photographer. Hanania’s photographs quite brilliantly meld the real and imaginary—the extraordinary and the incidental—to create contemporary visual folklore. While attending the School of Fine Arts in Paris, Estelle Hanania experimented with photography and honed her skills as a freelance art director.
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About the Publisher
Kaugummi is an independent publishing house based in Rennes, France. We publish and promote artist books and zines since 2005. We focus on contemporary drawing and photography. Kaugummi is run by Bartolomé Sanson.
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