IN MY ROOM REVISITED Ryudai Takano

Special Overseas Edition: Not for distribution in Japan.

This definitive volume brings together two seminal works by Ryudai Takano that have long been out of print: "IN MY ROOM" (2005), which won the 31st Kimura Ihei Award, and the legendary "in my room 6x6" (2006), originally released in a limited edition of only 100 copies.

In this series, Takano invited people he found "wonderful" into the private sanctuary of his own home, confronting his subjects through both large-format (4x5) and medium-format (6x6) cameras. Rather than seeking to express intimacy, Takano’s intent was to capture the "otherness" of the other—to portray their unknowability as it is, without sentimentality. What remains on the film are the traces of a dense atmosphere, like a wave of energy from a time spent together in a small room—an experience Takano likens to a "caress without touch."

This newly reconstructed edition integrates the serene precision of the 4x5 series with the experimental "other possibilities" explored in the 6x6 series. As the artist himself reflects that this release feels like "finishing a long-overdue homework assignment," this book offers a rare opportunity to witness both the origin and the evolution of Ryudai Takano’s vision.