Tokyo:Shinkosha,1st edition,In Japanese,1997,Softcover with dust jacket
Condition:Good,Shelfwear,Rubbed edges,A few creases on front of dust jacket,Inside is excellent condition
A cult fetish photo book from Japanese photographer Takayuki Nakamura documenting ‘race queens’, professional promotional models in motorsports particularly common in Japanese racing, through a tightly focused, fetish-driven lens. Shot at the margins of motorsport and promotional culture, the book isolates legs, hips, posture, and uniform, turning commercial spectacle into a study of form, repetition, and desire. Rather than presenting full narrative context, Nakamura’s photographs crop the subject to fragments of synchronised poses with faces obscured and out of frame. The result is situated somewhere between subcultural fetish photography and documentary, and reflects an era when niche obsessions were given dedicated, unapologetic platforms in print.
