KOJI ONAKA
TOKYO CANDY BOX (signed)
Published by Wides Shuppan Co, 2001
Book size 19 x 23 cm
Pages 45 pages
Softcover
Language English and Japanese
Signed by the artist
"Tokyo Candy Box" is a cry of love from Koji Onaka to his city: Tokyo. Published in 2001, it is one of the photographer's first books and brings together full-page images in garish colors. All taken between 1999 and 2001, they bear witness to the great changes in Tokyo's urban landscape. Onaka presents scenes full of people, cars, public transport and gives an idea of the rhythms of a city that is often ugly but never boring. A rare book.
“Tokyo Candy Box” is an excellent early photobook by Koji Onaka with unusual garish color snapshot style images of Tokyo. Taken between the years 1999 and 2001, the urban landscape of Tokyo underwent great change, change which has never stopped. Onaka presents scenes full of people, cars, public transportation, and gives a sense of Tokyo's rhythms and of a often ugly but never dull city.