The model’s name and age are written vertically on the side of the photo, and there is a small bit of text toward the bottom of each photo which I’d call a “stats box.” This text includes things like: current obsession, clothing brands, and “point of fashion”. On each page there is a photograph of either one or two people.
This fit my needs well, as I was primarily looking for a collection of good lolita photographs so that I could practice drawing lolita style dresses. However a majority of the pictures are of girls in some kind of lolita fashion (mostly “gothic” but also a few sweet, classic, wa, etc.). There are quite a few photographs of people in other types of alternative fashion – cyber/club wear, western goth, and a few real oddballs. One important thing to note about this book is that the photographs are not limited to people in Gothic Lolita fashion. That being said, the photographs are great and beautiful to look at. To start out with, this is a photography book, so it’s not like it provides a lot of actual information on gothic lolita fashion or street fashion. However I figured it didn’t hurt to add a review for it here! I bought this book about 3 years ago, so it’s not exactly a new product. ISBN 4785 6 – Amazon: $22.83 (at time of review) His homage to the bikers include images of the various Bosozoku clubs throughout Japan, including female bike gangs, alongside studio portraits of individual members with their customised bikes, and the mass rallies and road wars that have made the Bosozoku subculture such a world-wide underground phenomenon.Masayuki Yoshinaga – Phaidon Press Inc. He himself was a member of the Bosozoku, and has gained an unprecedented access to their secret societies. They are also considered in Japan to be the first rung on the ladder for would-be members of the Yakuza (the Japanese equivalent of the Mafia).īosozoku will be the first book to reveal the intimate secrets of Japanese biker gangs, through a series of stunning images captured by the leading Japanese photographer Masayuki Yoshinaga over the last six years. reached their apogee with Marlon Brando in The Wild Ones, the Bosozoku have a tame equivalent in the Mods and Rockers that fought pitched battles on Brighton Beach in Britain in the late 1960s.
The Japanese term “Bosozoku” refers to a specific Japanese phenomenon, the teenage bike gangs based in the urban centres of Japan that gather every weekend in the major metropolises, such as Osaka and Tokyo, for mass rallies of bikers in their thousands.įirst formed in the 1950s, when the Hell’s Angels in the U.S.
A former member of the Bosozoku himself, Masayuka Yoshinaga has revealed hidden secrets of Japan’s biker gangs.
In Bosozoku Japan’s leading maverick photographer reveals a unique vision of the notorious Japanese bike gangs, often linked to the underground activities of the Yakuza.
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