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"A Certain Collector B" is a collection of works by Japanese artist Yosuke Bandai (1980-). Bandai primarily uses photography as his means, but he is an artist who re-examines the relationship between objects and images, using found objects, waste, and decaying objects as materials. In his representative work "The Hole in the Lid," he rearranges illegally dumped objects to create temporary sculptures and photographs them, developing a practice that crosses the boundaries of documentation, sculpture, and photography. His perspective, which re-captures the unease and humor lurking in things that have fallen out of the ordinary, and the presence of matter, is also continued in this book. This book is an artist's book compiled as an album of a fictional collector "B," by reconstructing fragments collected from the roadside on a flatbed scanner. The images, which have lost their scale and depth, look like unknown specimens or new materials, even though they are found objects, and shake up the sense of seeing and classifying. Furthermore, the bookmaking itself, such as the binding with exposed cheesecloth and the hand-pasted composition, is linked to the concept of the work, and the book itself functions as a component. More than just a photobook, this is an important artist's book that condenses thoughts on material, collection, and imagery. Limited to 300 copies.