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Anbako (“Dark Box”)

Nobuyoshi ARAKI

$395.91

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A book of Nobuyoshi Araki’s essence Nobuyoshi Araki has spent five years photographing his neighborhood. At three in the afternoon, he leaves the house and takes photographs – of the sky, of flowers, of the streets. Now past 80 years of age, his desire for images has only grown str...

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SWITCH: COMME des GARÇONS 50th Anniversary Issue

Various Artists

$31.67

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The Japanese magazine SWITCH honors the 50th anniversary of Comme des Garcons with a special issue. The magazine celebrates CdG’s vision, achievements, heritage and lasting impact with a deep dive into its archives, including a long interview with founder Rei Kawakubo, features on ...

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Tokyo Street Vol. 6, 5, 2

$55.79

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This set consists of volumes 2, 5 and 6 of Tatsuo Suzuki’s self-published “Tokyo Street” zine series. Launched in 2019, Suzuki used this zine series as a regular outlet for his street photography from the depths of Tokyo. With volume 6, the series comes to an end. Suzuki’s fascinat...

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Masahisa Fukase 1961-1991 Retrospective

Masahisa FUKASE

$23.75

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The magic of Masahisa Fukase’s lifework in a single book This pocket-sized photobook, published to accompy a large-scale retrospective at the Tokyo Photographic Museum, offers a comprehensive look at the entire oevre of master photographer Masahisa Fukase. Revered for his relentles...

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Monogusa Shui

$63.35

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Tokyo-based gallery and publisher Akio Nagasawa offers the complete edition of Issei Suda’s series “Monogusa Shui.” Originally serialized in Nippon Camera magazine between 1980 and 1982 (with 13 additional works featured in a 1983 exhibition), “Monogusa Shui” contributed to Issei S...

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Peep Box

$43.20

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Chan Wai-Kwong’s photobook “Peep Box” comes housed in a glass coffin-like box, embedded in soft plastic. The pages of the small book are filled with instant photographs, one per page, that mostly show naked women and men (among them Chan Wai-Kwong himself) and, occasionally sexual ...

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Kurayami

$62.63

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Following their first photobook “Sasanami” from September 2020, photographer Masao Yamamoto and musician Akira Uchida continue their collaboration with “Kurayami”, initiated by French publishing house Iikki. Yamamoto’s photographs capture sights and events from the natural world – ...

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Shinjuku Lost Child

$40.31

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“Walking from the East exit of Shinjuku station towards Kabukicho, my heart begins to pound. Kabukicho reveals human desire. I adore it. I slept on cardboard on the street, under neon, and it felt good. I was out of the machine and I saw myself differently. The cardboard bed is per...

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Tokyo 2021

$43.20

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His photobook “Tokyo 2021” mixes snapshots of Tokyo’s streets and corners with photographs of his model – longing gazes, upskirt flashes and autoerotica in an empty train. Playful, erotic and melancholic, “Tokyo 2021” tells a story about desire, lust and sexual tension, like a blen...

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Memories of Light

$32.07

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“Memories of Light” is published on occasion of the large-scale retrospective exhibition “Daido Moriyama: Memories of Light” at the Shimane Museum of Art (April 12 – June 26, 2023). Beginning with “Japan, A Photo Theater”, the catalogue orders Moriyama’s photographic work chronolog...

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On Display

Yoshimi IKEMOTO

$63.35

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Using a large 8x10 camera, Yoshimi Ikemoto has captured a now lost world in photographs: the old owner-led shops in Japan’s San’in region, Ikemoto’s home. In glorious detail, Ikemoto’s photographs have soaked up and preserved the unique flair, atmosphere and individuality of each s...

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Shibuya 1999

Mike NOGAMI, Masami TAKAHASHI

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Gal culture flourished in Shibuya at the end of 20th century. In the late 1990s, young girls filled Shibuya's Centre Gai Street and began creating a unique cultural movement that would eventually spread throughout Japan. People came from all over the country to gather in Shibu...

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Roadside Lights Seasons: Winter (C)

$79.18

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All four covers available Eiji Ohashi’s winterly landscapes with vending machines. “Roadside Lights Seasons: Winter” is a follow-up to Eiji Ohashi’s critically acclaimed photographic series of vending machines along roads throughout Japan. The volume focuses exclusively on scenes t...

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Onsen I

Yusuke YAMATANI

$27.71

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For his new “Onsen” series, Japanese photographer Yusuke Yamatani visited wild hot springs – unmaintained hot springs that occur naturally – throughout Japan, inviting friends, family members and other interested people to come along with him. Rather than the hot springs themselves...

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Vacuum 09

CHEN Jade, Shogo YAMADA, Jun ABE, Ryosuke KOSHINO, Mei HIRANO, Jumpei SETO, Yuko HIRANO, Hasuan Lang LIN, Takuya SUZUKI, Nagisa GOTO

$23.75

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Issue 9 of the Osaka-based street photography magazine “Vacuum” includes contributions by Mei Hirano, Yuko Hirano, Jumpei Seto, Takuya Suzuki, Ryosuke Koshino, Nagisa Goto, Hsuan Lang Lin, Jun Abe, Jade Chen, and Shogo Yamada. Like previous issues, “Vacuum” focuses entirely on phot...

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Istanbul

$26.13

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In 2014, Japanese photographer Jun Abe spent October in Istanbul in Turkey as a guest of the Istanbul Foto Festival. In his 2023 photobook “Istanbul,” Abe remains as wordless as ever, letting his images speak without interfering through captions, titles or statements. He photograph...

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Shikawatari

Chieko SHIRAISHI

$31.67

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Guided by a herd of deer, Chieko Shiraishi takes us into the majestic wilderness of Hokkaido. “Shikawatari” (“Deer Crossing”) is Chieko Shiraishi’s long-awaited new work, released five years after her photobook “Shimakage”. In this black-and-white work, Shiraishi presents a series ...

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mama 恋 love (New Edition) Bosatsu Edition

Hideka TONOMURA

$47.51

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This new edition of “mama 恋 love” marks the first republication of Hideka Tonomura’s sensational debut photobook since its initial release in 2008. Tonomura’s subject is her own mother: her infidelity and her affair. In the first, monochrome part of the book, Tonomura’s photograph...

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Vortex

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544 pages strong, Kikuji Kawada’s “Vortex” consists of images selected from the vast amount of works uploaded by the 89-year old Kawada to his Instagram account in the past years. It is at the same time a condensation of the artist’s refined, sharp vision of the contemporary world ...

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Selected Works

$63.35

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Fan Ho (1931–2016) counts among Hong Kong’s most important artists. His photographs have defined not only how Hong Kong has been perceived by the world but also influenced Hong Kong’s own vision and memory of itself. His brilliantly composed images capture Hong Kong’s cityscape and...