I’m in the middle of co-coordinating on a puppet theater project at work, and stumbled upon this curious book-  a project between a young Parisian based photographer, and a experienced Japanese puppet master. Over many decades, he created hundreds of puppets in his rural studio outside of Nagano.   about the book:Dondoro is a photographic work born from the collaboration between Estelle Hanania and the famous Japanese puppet master Hoichi Okamoto. About Hoichi Okamoto: Enigmatic creator who lived alone in the Japanese countryside near Nagano, he created hundreds of puppets for his own performances. He archived all his puppets since the late 1970s. When Hoichi Okamoto used to slip behind one of its human-sized puppets to animate it, a confused game began between the master, the puppet and the photographer. As usual with Estelle Hanania’s work, Dondoro leads the spectator in a world where human figures constantly appear and disappear, in the magical world of a magical storyteller. 100 copies come with the zine Fragments by Sanghon Kim. About the artist: Photographer Estelle Hanania is a lyrical storyteller, weaving tender and sometimes perplexing plots into her personal & commissioned photo series. Her stories develop beyond the confines of a studio or location shoot by integrating still life and landscape images, creating visual rhythm and narrative complexity. The Paris-based photographer has a background in graphic design, art direction and fine art.
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I’m in the middle of co-coordinating on a puppet theater project at work, and stumbled upon this curious book-  a project between a young Parisian based photographer, and a experienced Japanese puppet master. Over many decades, he created hundreds of puppets in his rural studio outside of Nagano.  

about the book:
Dondoro is a photographic work born from the collaboration between Estelle Hanania and the famous Japanese puppet master Hoichi Okamoto.

About Hoichi Okamoto:
Enigmatic creator who lived alone in the Japanese countryside near Nagano, he created hundreds of puppets for his own performances. He archived all his puppets since the late 1970s. When Hoichi Okamoto used to slip behind one of its human-sized puppets to animate it, a confused game began between the master, the puppet and the photographer.
As usual with Estelle Hanania’s work, Dondoro leads the spectator in a world where human figures constantly appear and disappear, in the magical world of a magical storyteller.

100 copies come with the zine Fragments by Sanghon Kim.

About the artist:


Photographer Estelle Hanania is a lyrical storyteller, weaving tender and sometimes perplexing plots into her personal & commissioned photo series. Her stories develop beyond the confines of a studio or location shoot by integrating still life and landscape images, creating visual rhythm and narrative complexity.
The Paris-based photographer has a background in graphic design, art direction and fine art.

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