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[Mike Oxlong]

Flesh Love: Photographs of Vacuum-Wrapped Tokyo Couples

On a kitchen floor in Tokyo, Japanese photographer Haruhiko Kawaguchi spends 10-20 seconds photographing couples that he meets in nightclubs. He arranges them like pieces of meat inside bags meant to store futons and blankets. He then seals their conjoined bodies inside the bag using a household vacuum that sucks out all of the air.

For this project, Flesh Love, he’s photographed over 80 couples. Kawaguchi says the men panic more often than the women. A few have struggled for air while in the bag and one man ended up pissing himself. The women just want to look good, he says...

[Mike Oxlong]

More on his Tumblr page: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/haruhiko-kawaguchi

[Taro Toporific]

More on his Tumblr page: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/haruhiko-kawaguchi

Ok, ok, which one of you FGs did this photoshoot?

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Shrink-Wrapped Couples in Japan are a Terrifying New Type of Mesmerizing Art
thebuzztube.com | 2016/12/02
...Unlike the first art series {exhibited several years ago}, the focus of Kawaguchi’s latest vacuum-packed human art is quite ambitious. He tries to shoot couples from all walks of life, from strippers to businessmen to the unemployed.
“Those in power are continually guilty of segregation and discrimination. Can we realize peace under such conditions?”
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