ONE PICTURE BOOK #59: CRACKED TREE by Todd Hido

アメリカ人フォトグラファー、トッド・ハイド（Todd Hido）の作品集。アメリカの出版社「NAZRAELI PRESS」が手がけるプリント付き作品集シリーズ『ONE PICTURE BOOK』の第59巻。

アーティストによるオリジナル作品を手軽に購入できるよう1998年に同出版社によって考案されたこのシリーズは、各タイトル500部限定発行、装丁やページ数が統一された手に取りやすいサイズで作られており、サイン入りのオリジナルプリントが書籍に添付されている。本シリーズは2016年に100タイトルで完結し、続編としてリニューアルした『ONE PICTURE BOOK TWO』へと移行している。

※本商品は、ナンバリングが入っていないA.P.（アーティスト・プルーフ）版となります。

In the winter of 2009, Todd Hido was approached by elementary school art instructor Wilhelm Matthies about using his photographs in class for the students to work from as a source of inspiration for some of their own exercises. The resulting book of four watercolors by 3rd grade students shows some of the remarkable paintings generated by the class. Each copy of the book contains 4 reproductions of watercolors, and one original signed photograph by Todd Hido. A limited number of A/Ps are available at this price.

NAZRAELI PRESS' popular One Picture Book series was conceived in 1998 as a way to make original artwork affordable. The series consists of uniformly designed, modestly-sized hardcover books, comprising 16 pages that serve as a “canvas” for the artist to display one cohesive body of work. Each title is limited to 500 numbered copies and includes an original tipped-in photograph, signed on the verso by the artist. The One Picture Book series ended in 2016 with its 100th title and has now moved to a new upgraded One Picture Book Two series.

*Please note, This is NOT NUMBERED edition, but A.P. (Artist Proof)