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Books on/of
Photography
with emphasis
on Asia, Japan and travel
Most
books on this
page are sold by imcbook.
IMC is located in Tokyo.
Many are also available from Amazon.com or other sources. Prices quoted
are in
US$ unless otherwise indicated. Prices may not include any
applicable tax or shipping charges. Also see poetry, non-fiction
books, education/teaching.
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Cosplay
by Guy Vinciguerra
$25.00, 2004, 60pp, paperback, 280g, 0-9579094-1-1
Photographs of Japanese (mostly young girls)
who dress in outlandish self-created styles and hang out in places like
the Harajuku and Shibuya districts of Tokyo. Rebels in a non-rebelious
society. Slaves to their own trends. Australian engineer and avid
photographer, Guy
Vinciguerra, visits Tokyo
with his camera and a sense for dramatic photos with sharp colors. The
result becomes an exhibition at the Perth Institute of Contemporary
Arts and this fine and disquieting book. One or two photos on most
pages. This is not the
Japan of modern industry or of sun-blackened farmers raising rice. But
this is at least as real. more
here
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Crossing the Line - Vinciguerra
by Guy Vinciguerra
$??, 2001, 85pp, paperback, 381g, 0-9579094-0-3
I will not try to explain this book except to say that the focus is on
Guy's own feelings as he photographs Perth, Australia his home town.
These photos were exhibited August 22 - September 23, 2001 at the Perth
Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA). You will have difficulty finding
this book online, and I will not sell you mine. You will find a webpage
on the book if you search with Google. I will try to find a copy for
you if you need help.
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FASHION ETCETERA by Sam Haskins [prepublication orders accepted]
Yen 9,990, 2009, 300pp, hardcover
This is the first new book by Sam Haskins in twenty years.
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Timescapes
Japan "A Pinhole Journey" by Edward Levinson
Yen 3,000, 2006, 107pp, hardcover,250x240mm, 4-8179-2098-X
Captions are in English. Other text is bilingual.
From an interview by Gregg Kemp at Pinhole Visions: "One of the first
thoughts I had
while
viewing and reading Edward Levinson's new book "Timescapes Japan - A
Pinhole Journey", was how much my own photography has been influenced
by him. The influence isn't so much in the images themselves as it is
in Ed's approach to pinhole photography. Whether it is the influence of
Japanese culture or perhaps Ed's personal nature, his approach to his
work is thoughtful and meditative. And his photographs of the last
several years reflect those qualities of his style. This approach is
also apparent in his sparse, but elequent writing that accompanies the
book. This book is a collection of images you will want to return to
often." Also see Levinson's new book published by Iwanami Shoten (in
Japanese) 978-4-00-022275-4.
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Tokyo Art Directors Club Annual
2007 (published annually in December)
$260.00, apx450pp, hardcover boxed, 978-4-568-53107-7,
2480g. Typical annual issues include poster, newspaper ad,
magazine ad, book &
editorial, general graphic, package, space design, CI / mark /
logotype, commercial film. Over 10,000 works are submitted annually.
Bilingual. Typical page contains one or several pictures/designs with
caption. Also contains basic contact data on ADC members. A superb book
showing much of the best work from Japan. (copies are limited). Back
issues may also be available.
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Travel Photography:
A guide to taking better pictures
2nd edition, by Richard l'Anson
$17.99, 2004, 261pp, paperback, 127x197mm, 1-74104-184-8,
450g
Now includes digital photography. The author's pictures appear in
over 300 Lonely Planet titles and in many other publications around the
world. Though the book is overkill for the average backpacking
traveler, there is a great deal here for the more serious photographer.
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Tokyo
Plain
by Edgar Honetschlager
Yen 3,800/$49.95, 2008, 64pp, 241x240mm, paperback, 400g, 978-3-901756-97-9
Tokyo
as it is, as it is seen by most Tokyoites as they leave home to go to
school, work or shopping. Not the proud phallic parade of ever taller
concrete and steel. Nor is it the sleazy Tokyo of Roppongi, Kabukicho
and other
entertainment areas. Here is a Tokyo of mostly good ordinary people
who do normal things and somehow seem beautiful.
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Yellowstone National Park:
Photographs by Shiro Tanaka
Yen 1,800, 2004, 88pp, paperback, 210x220mm, 4-88591-889-8,
405g
Each page contains a fullcolor Yellowstone photograph with a caption in
English and Japanese.
Title and author (Japanese): イエローストーンの大自然―田中視朗写真集 (大型本)
by 田中 視朗 (著) |
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