POO-CHI (2002)

Expect the unexpected! A super cheeky, super playful and definitely provocative exploration of the human body. Through a series of richly coloured photographs, Lake focuses on the wakinoshita (won't tell you what that means), transforming an often overlooked part of the body into a surprising subject of beauty, curiosity, and contemplation. Decorated with crochet, lace, embroidery, and other delicate materials, these intimate portraits blur the boundaries between the familiar and the strange, creating images that are at once humorous, sensual, and unsettling. The book itself is fabric-bound in soft satin.