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A complete visual archive behind Studio Ghibli classic Ocean Waves: from original illustrations to animation drafts and promotional posters

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Neko: Cats of Japan, The latest photobook by the popular cat-loving Japan photographer Masayuki Oki

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Bad guys from early Japanese Tokusatsu: Bad People, a dedicated volume on villains from the 1970s to 1990s

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Taiyō Matsumoto presents: the long-awaited comprehensive illustration collection TAIYOU, arriving after 19 years

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Tokyo Jazz Joints: A Fading Cultural Heritage — A Journey Through Jazz Cafés

Hideaki Hamada: Haru and Mina

Eleven Years of Tenderly Observing the Beauty in a Child’s Ordinary Days

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Crescent: A Two-Year Collection of Everyday Beauty, Designed as a Companion to Keep

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The Legendary Britpop Band Oasis: A Career-Spanning Photobook, Now Published for the First Time

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Nobuyoshi Araki

荒木經惟

1940 年 5 月 25 日出生於東京三之輪。被喻為日本情色攝影大師,作品遊走於藝術和色情之間,雖備受爭議卻仍獲獎無數,被許多美術館收藏,包括英國泰特美術館和舊金山現代藝術博物館。亦是最多產的當代攝影藝術家之一,已出版超過 500 本書籍。 1963 年荒木經惟從千葉大學工學部寫真印刷工學科畢業,隨後進入電通廣告公司擔任商業攝影師,同時利用工作之餘進行個人創作。1964 年以紀錄了生活在東京下町三河島地區孩童們的作品《さっちん》獲得第 1 屆太陽賞。 1971 年與同樣在電通工作的青木陽子結婚。同年自費出版了紀錄兩人蜜月旅行的攝影集《感傷之旅》。此書視為荒木作為攝影師的決心作,也是對當時主流的紀實攝影美學之宣戰。由此開始,他稱自己的作品為「私寫真(呼應文學裡的私小説)」拍攝自己私下生活的種種、東京的日常、親密的人,乃至性愛。 在《感傷之旅》獲得巨大反響之後,荒木開始積極拓展攝影版圖,19 Read more...

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Brutalist Korea (9783791376554)

Brutalist Korea

Paul Tulett

In this elegant follow-up to the bestselling Brutalist Japan, Paul Tulett brings his distinctive eye to South Korea’s post-war architecture, capturing the austere beauty of concrete across cities and decades. Brutalist Korea features more than 220 full-color images of buildings from Seoul to Busan, Daegu to Daejeon. These include government complexes, university campuses, cultural institutions, an View more...