本書のキュレーションと解説は、現代写真界で最も博識である批評家の一人、フィリップ・プロジャー（Phillip Prodger）が担当。プロジャーはロンドンの「ナショナルポートレートギャラリー（National Portrait Gallery）」の写真部門の責任者、マサチューセッツ州セーラムにある「ピーボディエセックス博物館（Peabody Essex Museum in Salem）」で写真部門の創設キュレーターなどを歴任する。
Spanning the career of one of Japan’s most revered photographers, this monograph—the only English-language volume of its kind—features exquisitely detailed full-page images that capture the relationship between human-made structures and the natural world.
Toshio Shibata’s large-format contemporary landscapes are distinguished by their haunting beauty, graceful composition, and meticulous detail. Using long exposures, and eliminating any references to people, horizons, or identifying geographic reference points, Shibata captures structures such as dams, bridges, reservoirs, and roads as they interact with their natural settings—mountainsides, rivers, and forests and fields. The results are highlighted by painterly composition; filled with patterns, lines, and fluid action; and unmistakably Japanese in their aesthetic. Curated and with commentary by Phillip Prodger, one of the most erudite and critical voices in contemporary photography, this book will appeal both to fans of Shibata’s work as well as an audience that has yet to discover his remarkable oeuvre.
- Pages: 200 Size: 245 x 300 mm hardcover color, black and white
