To tell my real intentions, I want to eat only haze like a hermit.

《To tell my real intentions, I want to eat only haze like a hermit .》

Author: Katherine Longly |

Publisher: Three Books

Size: 205mm x 140mm

Publication year: 2025

Language: Japanese / English

Condition: New, softcover

Content
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Rainbow-colored cheese, squid sushi with a rabbit's face, colorful sweets shaped like bears and pigs... The book begins with somewhat grotesque, yet humorous photographs of "food," and, using the relationship between the human body and food as a clue, delves into the structure of modern society.
Belgian artist Catherine Longley interviewed 10 people from various backgrounds in Japan and gave them an instant camera. Many of them suffer from anorexia or eating disorders and continue to struggle with social pressure and their relationship with food and food culture at home.
"Eating" is a means of survival, but at the same time, it is also an expression of desire, and is closely related to family relationships, cultural background, and even social norms and peer pressure. The candid photographs and words of the people involved in this book highlight how the act of "eating" is based on an uncertain subjectivity.
At the end of the book, there is a commentary by cultural anthropologist Maho Isono. This book illuminates from multiple angles the reality of "food," which fluctuates between the individual and society, the body and the system.

Rainbow-colored cheese, squid sushi shaped like a rabbit's face, brightly colored sweets in the forms of bears and pigs—
This book opens with grotesque yet humorous photographs of “food,” and uses them as an entry point to explore the complex relationship between the human body and eating, ultimately delving into the structures of contemporary society.

Belgian artist Katherine Longly conducted interviews in Japan with ten individuals from diverse backgrounds. She also gave each of them an instant camera. These participants, who struggle with anorexia, eating disorders, and related issues, continue to grapple with social pressures and their relationships with food and food culture within the home.
“Eating” is not only a means of sustaining life—it is also an expression of desire, deeply intertwined with family relationships, cultural backgrounds, and the norms and pressures of society.
The candid photographs and personal testimonies featured in this book reveal how the act of eating is shaped by an unstable and uncertain sense of self.

The book also includes an afterword by cultural anthropologist Maho Isono, offering a multifaceted perspective on the lived realities of “eating” as it waves between the individual and society, the body and institutional frameworks.

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