Track — Hajime Kimura

Photographs by Hajime Kimura

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.

11.5 x 9 in.

86 pages

85 photographs

printed and bound by NECK

in an edition of 180:

—one version with handmade paper covers (abaca, flax, sisal, iron oxide, mica)

—one version with birch ply covers and crumpled endpages

With a special edition of 12

Housed in a locking birch plywood box

Includes:

a copy of Track with a cover of handmade paper that includes more mica and iron pigment

four Riso prints on 8gsm mulberry washi

a laser engraving of a drawing by Hajime Kimura