{"id":80086,"date":"2025-05-03T21:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=80086"},"modified":"2026-09-25T23:22:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T23:22:29","slug":"id-400-by-tomoko-sawada","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/catalog\/id-400-by-tomoko-sawada\/","title":{"rendered":"ID 400 by Tomoko Sawada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fine+ condition with a small scrape on the Ink in the embossed &#8220;D&#8221; title on front cover, as seen in photo, otherwise as new, 400 pages, Seigensha, Kyoto, JAPAN, 2004, second edition, August 1, 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Sawada used a public photo booth for the ID400 series, inventing a total of four hundred different identities over a period of weeks. She continually changed her physical appearance and dress, facial characteristics and expressions, to execute this study of physiognomy. I2.br<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tomoko Sawada: ID400<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Bibliographic Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> ID400<\/li>\n<li><strong>Author\/Artist:<\/strong> Tomoko Sawada<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Seigensha Art Publishing (Kyoto, Japan)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> June 1, 2004<\/li>\n<li><strong>Format:<\/strong> Hardcover (Embossed Cover, Issued Without Dust Jacket)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 400 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> 11 x 15 cm (approx. 4.3 x 5.9 inches)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 4861520126<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-4861520129<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Condition Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Interior:<\/strong> Fine Plus (F+). The pages remain exceptionally clean, bright, and securely bound. Free of markings, inscriptions, or corner creases.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Overall Exterior:<\/strong> Fine Plus (F+). The binding remains structurally sound, square, and tight.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Condition Note:<\/strong> There is a small, localized cosmetic flaw to the front cover where a tiny paint chip is missing from the embossed letter &#8220;D&#8221; in the title. Otherwise, the cover panels show negligible shelf wear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Artist Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Born in Kobe, Japan in 1977, Tomoko Sawada is a contemporary photographer whose work critically examines the concept of identity, individuality, and gender. Using herself as the primary subject, Sawada employs extensive styling, makeup, and expressions to undergo radical physical transformations. She gained swift international recognition for this rigorous approach to conceptual self-portraiture. Over her career, she has been awarded the prestigious Kimura Ihei Memorial Photography Award (2004) and the International Center of Photography (ICP) Infinity Award for Young Photographers (2004). 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