Rie | Lena C. Emery | Kominek 2016 Yoshihiro Tatsuki and the hotel has remained

and the hotel has remained in the same state ever since

The volume presents yellowing and stains on the rib as well as a blow down on the rib which has also affected part of the cover and the back cover

The first and the last pages are stained

the intangible shapes drawn by light become a corridor that connects past and future

appear like hotel pillows ready for laundry on a factory line in the morning

Rie | Lena C. Emery | Kominek 2016 Yoshihiro Tatsuki and the hotel has remainedWithin the series of Rie, I wanted to embark on an inherently female dialogue on the subject of revealing. Japan is uniquely ambigious in this respect which encouraged me to explore these thoughts through the communication with and portrayal of Japanese women. As the subjects in the images repeatedly pose, rest and move at times playfully while being in different states of undress, we become witness to a delicately complex elaboration in character.