Tangerine Gifts

by David Grant Best
and Brooks Jensen

In 1990, David Grant Best and Brooks Jensen photographed in the northern region of rural Japan known as Tohoku. From their experiences and photography during that trip, they produced in 1992 a handmade artist’s book called Tangerine Gifts.

Now, using recently rediscovered original letterpress text signatures, this LensWork Special Editions folio recreates Tangerine Gifts in the new “folio format.” As a folio, eighteen of the best images from this trip to Tohoku have been selected for this reissue, produced from new scans of the original negatives.

After the first 80 folios with the letterpress text signatures are sold, additional folios will be made with the text printed in a folded inkjet signature.

This project is also available as a free PDF Publication for viewing on-screen using the free Acrobat Reader (version 7 or greater).

Folio of 18 prints

• Folio is 8x10½"
• Images are approx. 7x9"
• 18 prints on Harman Glossy FB AL Warmtone
• Three letterpress text sheets with a story from the trip
• Embossed art paper enclosure

The 18-print folio is $145
( plus shipping and handling)

Purchase Folio Online

Two PDF Monograph Editions

Available as an Adobe Reader Monograph and as an iPad Monograph from the downloads page.

The iPad version is new as of November 2010.

The original PDF monograph was published in 2009.

Downloads page

Individual Prints

Several of these images are available as individual prints in my special collection.