SEIJI KURATA
Toshi no Zokei
Published by Super Lab, 2015
Book size 21.6 x 28 cm (includes sindle gatefold)
Pages 32 Pages, 22 images (b/w)
Softcover (hand-sewn)
Limited Edition 750
(3 different front cover only one available at the bookshop, each books has been limited of 250 copies)
ISBN 978-4-905052-86-9
“These photographs were taken during the years between 1998 and 2008 using six cameras made by four different manufacturers and films in four different formats. “Zokei” (created landscape), the title of this book, is derived from “paysagement”, a notion presented by a French geographer in his examination of the cityscapes of Tokyo and other megalopolises developing around the world since modern times. The current situation in which there is no model for what “landscape” should aim at seems suitable to our time at a turning point of entire civilization, not to mention technology.” publisher statement
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“These photographs were taken between 1998 and 2008 using six cameras made by four different manufacturers and film in four different formats. “Zokei” [created landscape], the title of this book, is derived from “paysagement” a notion introduced by a French geographer in his examination of the urban landscapes of Tokyo and other developing megacities around the world. The current situation in which there is no model for what “country management” should aim for seems appropriate to our time at a turning point in the entire civilization, not to mention technology.”
Editor's text