Smart Art Press

Like a cultural anthropologist, photographer and writer Michael McCabe’s explores the outrageous style of the Kustom Kulture movement in Japan (the adaptation and assimilation of a California-style hot-rod culture)—documenting the dynamic relationship between tradition and change.

McCabe’s photographs document Japan’s Kustom Kulture, from car shows such as the “Mooneyes Tokyo Street Nationals,” to custom car shops, to pin-stripers’ studios, to completely stylized car or bike aficionados in their period garb.

This poster is from his recent exhibit at Track 16 Gallery.

Edition of 100.

33×22.5 inches, 2008