Track
 
~~Special edition~~
 
 
Photographs by Hajime Kimura​
 
11.5 x 9 in.
86 pages
85 photographs
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Handmade paper cover (abaca, flax, sisal, iron oxide, with more mica than the trade edition, they glitter)
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Housed in a birch ply box with cypress inner frame
 
Includes a set of four prints on 9 gsm Sekishu washi made from kozo fiber of mulberry trees in Kochi prefecture, each in an edition of 24
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& a drawing by Hajime Kimura laser cut onto birch ply
 
Edition of 12
 
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Until the early 1900s, southern Hokkaido (now Tokachi and Hidaka) was known for raising military horses. As times changed, military horses became racehorses. Now, about 7,000 racehorses are produced in Japan every year, with 80% of them raised in this region. About 5,000 of these racehorses are eventually turned into riding and breeding horses, of which 80-90% are slaughtered and become food for pets and humans.
 
With photographs that are both brutal and tender, Track investigates this industry.
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​[CW: contains graphic images of horses]
 
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