Publisher/旅行読売出版社

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"Landscape (Third Printing)" is a photobook by Japanese photographer Toshio Shibata. Shibata is a leading landscape photographer in Japan, highly regarded worldwide. His work is characterized not by typical landscape photography that captures the inherent beauty of nature, but by hybrid works that combine artificially transformed natural objects and man-made structures. Civil engineering facilities such as dams and roads, created with meticulously calculated structures and careful handiwork, excel in the beauty of intersecting straight and curved lines, the beauty of symmetry and patterns, and symbolize Japan's high level of "technology" with a background of craftsmanship. The landscapes colored by the contrast between such man-made objects and natural objects that are incompatible are also full of sculptural beauty and are symbols of Japanese "art". While encompassing elements of "technology" and "art", it is also important not to overlook the aspect of "environmental destruction" carried out by human material desires. Shibata's photographs show glimpses of high artistic quality, Japanese uniqueness, and journalistic qualities, and condense the multifaceted charm of photography. This book is a catalog of works published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum from 2008 to 2009. Published in 2012, this is the third printing.