ספר | Tokyo Unseen

₪190

After the successful parts of the Unseen series about New York, London and Berlin, "Tokyo Unseen" is another authentic approach to one of the largest and most fascinating metropolises of our civilisation. The impressive illustrated book presents the city of contrasts in a fascinating honesty that only an inhabitant of this city of millions can portray in such a direct way. In unique photographs, Polish photo artist Lukas Palka, who has lived and worked in Tokyo since 2008, succeeded in explaining his home city to strangers in pictures. 
The streetlife photographer describes his own work as a by-product of his countless walks through the city, where he constantly encounters exciting scenes and people. The magic behind his pictures lies in the chance product, because the artist never searches for his motifs, they simply come across him. 

In doing so, he manages to convey the fascinating contrast of the Japanese capital in an almost perfect way. For in hardly any other city do the future and the past exist so close together. The coffee-table book presents wonderful pictures of people going about their daily lives, of skyscrapers and temples, and of the unique culture of life that arises when 14 million people meet in a very small space. 

Palka's style is characterised by his spontaneity and his keen eye for the mix of tradition and modernity. And you can really find it everywhere in Tokyo. In colourful photographs, he shows the Japanese inhabitants on their daily commutes to work, in their leisure time or on the numerous green spaces of the city. For life in Tokyo largely takes place outside the characteristic micro-apartments.
"Tokyo Unseen" is one of the most spectacular and honest contemporary documents of a city that is hard to beat in terms of innovation, tradition, variety and creativity. This wonderful illustrated book is a must-read for all Japan fans.

Publisher  teNeues Verlag GmbH

Format  22 x 22 cm | Hardcover  | 208 PAGES | approx. 200 color photographs

Lukasz  Palka   Photographer

Born in Poland and raised in the USA, Lukasz Palka has lived in Tokyo since 2008. He is a street photographer, urban explorer and, above all, an attentive observer of the everyday life of his fellow human beings. His art consists solely of wandering around and attentively observing whatever he happens to come across. For him, the camera is merely a toy that makes this wandering around and letting himself be seen even more exciting. Thus, Lukasz's photography is actually only a by-product of his "walks" – but one that lets us experience that magical condensation of time and atmosphere that makes street photography so unique and fascinating. Lukasz takes us step by step, moment by moment, shot by shot, to explore and experience this vast and unique cosmopolitan city that he calls home: Tokyo.

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