Description
A year and a half after the release of TERASU Vol. 1 EARLY HUES, the long-awaited new album has arrived.
In contrast to the previous work, which covered TERASU's fields (surfing, snowboarding, biking, and food), this new work, CONNECTIVE TISSUE, is a collection of photographs by four photographers and a microbiologist, focusing on the relationship between water and peoplE
The five photographers featured in this project are
Music/commercial movie maker Amad Stashenfeld's Vashon Island
Rebun Island by Eric Wolfinger, food/commercial photographer
Microbiologist Frances Tran's micrographs
Sea urchins and jellyfish by Max Hauszega, the leader of TERASU
Legendary Japanese snowboarder Taro Tamai's Hokkaido
CONNECTIVE TISSUE: connective tissue Tissue as something that resists or becomes part of the existence of something. This book is about the mindset of people who resist the sea, snow, and water on a daily basis, or confront them in order to become a part of their existencE In other words, they themselves are the connective tissue that shows us the relationship between water and peoplE
There is a sincerity that makes it difficult to approach the "very different landscape" that they seE
This photo book has one theme, water and people, but as a result it illuminates the diversity of life that TERASU strives for.
The bilingual essay included as an appendix is on the same theme of water and peoplE
Chef Fuminobu Namie of Nishi-Azabu Refervaissance
Dr. Frances Tran, microbiologist
Single Threads Farm in California Director, Katina Connaughton and Chef Aaron Koseba
TERASU President Max Hauszega
Writer Dan Crockett
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