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OverviewSince the advent of photography, certain cities have become inextricably intertwined with their depiction by great photographers: Eugene Atget in turn-of-the-century Paris; Berenice Abbott in 1930s New York; Ed Ruscha in late-60s Los Angeles. While Daido Moriyama documented the disaffection and dissipation of postwar Tokyo, Takashi Homma picks up the baton with a contemporary portrait of the modern-day metropolis that is both cinematic and complex. For over a decade, Homma has turned the neutral gaze of his lens toward Tokyo's suburban environs and urban center. As in all of his work, Homma's vision of Tokyo navigates a finely nuanced line between sterility and sentimentality, detachment and lusciousness, presenting a sleek, contemporary vision of a postmodern megalopolis populated by a new generation of video-game aficionados and fashionistas. While Homma has published extensively inside his native Japan, this is his first volume published for an international audience. Takashi Homma: Tokyo compiles selections from each of the artist's six previously published titles on the city, including Tokyo Suburbia, his seminal work now considered a contemporary classic. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Takashi Homma , Ivan VartanianPublisher: Aperture Direct Imprint: Aperture Direct Dimensions: Width: 18.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.862kg ISBN: 9781683951681ISBN 10: 1683951689 Publication Date: 01 May 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTakashi Homma, born in Tokyo in 1962, studied photography at Nihon University College of Art but left in 1984 to take a job as an in-house photographer at a Tokyo advertising agency. In 1991, he moved to London to work as a photographer for i-D magazine. In 1998, he was awarded a Kimura Ihei Commemorative Photography Award for the project Tokyo Suburbia (1998). Homma currently lives in Tokyo. Ivan Vartanian est l auteur de Andy Warhol: Drawings and illustrations of the 1850s, Now Loading; The Aesthetics of Web Graphics et TypoGraphics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |