ポダンク / PODUNK
Nadia Lee Cohen by Scarlett Carlos Clarke · IDEA · limited edition of 500 · factory sealed
27 March 2026 — Tokyo launch at Dover Street Market Ginza
ポダンク / PODUNK is a 2026 IDEA photobook by Scarlett Carlos Clarke with Nadia Lee Cohen, assembled from 128 black-and-white stills pulled from Super 8 footage shot in Lancaster, California, in the Mojave Desert's Antelope Valley. The book deliberately offsets its remote-American subject with a Japanese title because it launched at Dover Street Market Ginza, Tokyo.
Read the catalogue note →- Creator
- Scarlett Carlos Clarke (photography / Super 8 stills); Nadia Lee Cohen (subject / collaborator)
- Publisher
- IDEA
- Edition / printing
- Original 2026 limited edition of 500 copies
- Language
- English; Japanese title treatment
- ISBN-13
- Not visible / not verified from the sealed copy
- Format
- Comb-bound photobook with black card covers and white silkscreen-printed title
- Pagination
- 128 pages
- Dimensions
- 18 × 13 cm
- Condition
- Factory sealed / as-new appearance from supplied exterior views.
- Completeness
- Presumed complete within unopened factory seal. Publisher documentation specifies 128 pages, but the interior has not been inspected or page-by-page collated.
Catalogue note
A compact 2026 photographic collaboration built from stills of a Super 8 film shot by Scarlett Carlos Clarke in Lancaster, California, with Nadia Lee Cohen as its central subject. Its edition of 500, unusual comb-bound material form and deliberate Japanese title treatment make it a distinct contemporary photobook object within IDEA's publishing programme and a direct continuation of TMR's existing Nadia Lee Cohen / IDEA holdings.
Credit / attribution note: IDEA's current product page identifies the book as 'Nadia Lee Cohen by Scarlett Carlos Clarke'. Dazed reports that the project comprises 128 stills from Super 8 footage shot by Carlos Clarke in Lancaster, California, with Cohen as its central subject/collaborator.
Edition / bibliographic note: Mandatory books printing-history check completed 7 September 2026. IDEA and specialist catalogues document one 2026 limited edition of 500 copies; no separately documented second edition, reprint or facsimile was located. This is not treated as proof that a future reprint will never occur. No claim of individual copy numbering is made because the book remains sealed.
Condition note: Factory sealed per owner and visually consistent with unopened clear packaging. Black card covers and comb binding appear clean through the wrapper. The clear outer packaging shows normal rippling/handling, which is not treated as damage to the book. Interior condition cannot be inspected without opening.
Preserved discrepancies / uncertainties: IDEA describes the object as 'Nadia Lee Cohen by Scarlett Carlos Clarke', while Japanese specialist booksellers list both as authors. TMR preserves the functional distinction: Carlos Clarke is the photographer/image-maker of the Super 8 material; Cohen is the central subject and collaborator. The sealed state prevents direct colophon verification.
Research status: Publisher, format, page count, dimensions and edition size verified from IDEA. Launch date and project context cross-checked with Dazed and Twelvebooks. Scarlett Carlos Clarke's authorship/photographic role is supported by Dazed, her official site and the National Portrait Gallery. Printing-history search current to 7 September 2026.
Why this object matters
The Super 8-derived sequence, comb binding and deliberate title treatment give this original collaboration clear artistic distinction and a useful relationship to Women. The 500-copy run and factory seal do not independently establish greater cultural importance; 8.5 recognises the project while its longer-term reception remains open.
Evidence limits: Presumed complete within unopened factory seal. Publisher documentation specifies 128 pages, but the interior has not been inspected or page-by-page collated.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.5 / 10.
This is a curatorial judgement, not a measurement accurate to one tenth or a market valuation. Read the explanation and its evidence limits together.
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