LA Art Book Fair 2023
Book Fair
abC Art Book Fair Beijing 2023
Book Fair
Melbourne Art Book Fair 2023
Book Fair
BOOKED: Hong Kong Art Book Fair 2023
Book Fair
The Top 10 Bestselling Photobooks of the Year 2022
Best Books
A list of 2022’s top ten best-selling photobooks
The Top 10 Bestselling Photobooks of 2021
Best Books
A list of 2021’s top ten best-selling photobooks
Ten photobooks about 3.11
Book Review
A selection of ten photobooks about the Great East Japan Earthquake on the tenth anniversary of March 11, 2011.
The Top 10 Bestselling Photobooks of 2020
News
A list of shashasha’s ten bestselling photobooks published in 2020
Photobooks 2020: The Pandemic
Best Books
A short list of photobooks that deal with the most inevitable, unavoidable topic of 2020 – the Corona Pandemic.
Interview: Kanade HAMAMOTO “midday ghost”
Interview
An interview with young Japanese photographer Kanade Hamamoto about her book "midday ghost", her exhibitions, influences and future ambitions.
Interview: Adou & "To Nietzsche"
Interview
Five short questions for Chinese artist Adou about his book "To Nietzsche" (with Liu Ke and Huang Huang) and its connections to the German philosopher.
Top 5: Tatsuo Suzuki on street photography photobooks
Book Review
Tatsuo Suzuki has been shooting street-photography in Tokyo for more than ten years, amassing a cult-like following online and winning the inaugural Steidl Book Award with his work “Friction / Tokyo”. Here, he presents his Top 5 of street photography photobooks.
Top 5: Rohan Hutchinson on Japanese photobooks
Book Review
Rohan Hutchinson is an Australian artist who explores cities and social framework through architecture and landscape photography, aided by his extensive knowledge of Japanese photography. Here, he presents his top 5 of Japanese photobooks.
An interview with Mark Pearson, recipient of the 2020 International Award of the Photographic Society of Japan
Interview
Zen Foto Gallery and shashasha founder Mark Pearson is the recipient of the 2020 Photographic Society of Japan’s International Award. We have asked Mark ten short questions about his activities in general and his gallery, collecting photographs, organizing the HK Photobook Fair and his views on Japanese photography in particular.
Recommendations of 2019
Book Review
We would like to take a short look back at some of the photobooks added to shashasha’s catalogue in 2019 and highlight several gems our team found particularly interesting. Rather than a “best of the year”, the list below is meant to (re-)introduce photobooks we think deserve a special mention. We hope you enjoy browsing our brief selection.
Michio Yamauchi
News
With his black-and-white photography from the streets of Tokyo, Japanese photographer Michio Yamauchi has built a comprehensive and illustrative catalogue of the characters, situations and conditions that define the streets in Japan’s capital. However, over the years Yamauchi expanded his photography to include regions other than those familiar to him, earning him – among other major awards and nominations – the 35th Domon Ken Award in 2015 for the series “Dhaka 2”, photographed in Bangladesh, as well as the 20th Tadahiko Hayashi Award in 2011 for Keelung, photographed in Taiwan.
YANG Seung-Woo "The Best Days" New Edition
News
New Edition of YANG Seung-Woo "The Best Days" will be released from Zen Foto Gallery in early July. shashasha will start the pre-ordering soon in this momth. Please look forward to it.
Zen Foto Gallery 10 Year Anniversary Campaign
News
Zen Foto Gallery 10 Year Anniversary Campaign | Japanese photography publisher and exhibition space Zen Foto Gallery nears its 10th anniversary in September and celebrates together with shashasha. In this article, founder Mark Pearson looks back on Zen Foto’s beginnings and early exhibitions of (mostly) Chinese artists. During our Zen Foto Gallery campaign, customers who purchase five or more of the titles listed below this article will receive a coupon which deducts 1000 JPY off any next purchase.