RICKY CHAPMAN: AKO INSEIN (First Edition)

Captured entirely over the course of a single, raw evening in downtown New York City, AKO INSEIN is an intimate photographic zine by NYC-based photographer Ricky Chapman. The book documents an intense, visceral performance and physical expression piece by multi-hyphenate Japanese dancer, stylist, and choreographer Ako Suzuki.

Far from a conventional performance archive, Chapman’s high-contrast, grainy black-and-white imagery plunges the viewer into the immediate environment. The zine frames Ako’s boundary-pushing movements against an underground, domestic backdrop, mapping out the precise tension, sound, and heavy mood vibrating through the room. Published as a highly limited, short-run indie edition, AKO INSEIN serves as both a compelling visual narrative and a raw time capsule of New York's contemporary improvisational art scene.