Comments on: My Favorite Japanese Photobooks of 2009 http://www.japanexposures.com/2010/01/20/my-favorite-japanese-photobooks-of-2009/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-favorite-japanese-photobooks-of-2009 a personal introduction to Japanese photography Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter Evans http://www.japanexposures.com/2010/01/20/my-favorite-japanese-photobooks-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2187 Peter Evans Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:52:06 +0000 http://www.japanexposures.com/?p=4520#comment-2187 Maybe I'm the only person here not to have discovered the list http://5b4.blogspot.com/2009/12/best-books-of-2009.html till today. Nothing whatever there either that's Japanese, aside from one book titled <i>Not Niigata</i>. Maybe I’m the only person here not to have discovered the list http://5b4.blogspot.com/2009/12/best-books-of-2009.html till today. Nothing whatever there either that’s Japanese, aside from one book titled Not Niigata.

]]> By: Peter Evans http://www.japanexposures.com/2010/01/20/my-favorite-japanese-photobooks-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2179 Peter Evans Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:18:02 +0000 http://www.japanexposures.com/?p=4520#comment-2179 Odd: as I look through the page full of Photo-Eye's chums' selection, most don't even have covers that tempt me to click on their links. I thought I might see Jacob Aue Sobol's "I, Tokyo" on one list or other. Me, I can't see what the fuss is about, but clearly many others do. I'm glad to see "Citizens" at the top of this list here. Another honorable mention for Nagano in 2009: "Magazine Work 60s" / マガジン・ワーク60年代. I'm seldom interested in Ninagawa's work but I enjoyed her "Umezz House". Not a single Japanese book is mentioned in http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/dec/28/photography-books-2009 but it's worth a read all the same. Odd: as I look through the page full of Photo-Eye’s chums’ selection, most don’t even have covers that tempt me to click on their links.

I thought I might see Jacob Aue Sobol’s “I, Tokyo” on one list or other. Me, I can’t see what the fuss is about, but clearly many others do.

I’m glad to see “Citizens” at the top of this list here.

Another honorable mention for Nagano in 2009: “Magazine Work 60s” / マガジン・ワーク60年代.

I’m seldom interested in Ninagawa’s work but I enjoyed her “Umezz House”.

Not a single Japanese book is mentioned in http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/dec/28/photography-books-2009 but it’s worth a read all the same.

]]> By: Tyler http://www.japanexposures.com/2010/01/20/my-favorite-japanese-photobooks-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2178 Tyler Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:54:19 +0000 http://www.japanexposures.com/?p=4520#comment-2178 Speaking of Honma, reminded me of his Trails, calendar-like book for 09. We all seem to be broke...that one was cool and gloomy at a resonable price. Glad I paid the 1600yen. Speaking of Honma, reminded me of his Trails, calendar-like book for 09. We all seem to be broke…that one was cool and gloomy at a resonable price. Glad I paid the 1600yen.

]]> By: John http://www.japanexposures.com/2010/01/20/my-favorite-japanese-photobooks-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2174 John Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:24:27 +0000 http://www.japanexposures.com/?p=4520#comment-2174 Print quality aside, <i>Faraway Eyes</i> is pretty amazing. It's a shame it couldn't have been of slightly better construction given the pictures inside. Aya Fujioka's <i>I Don't Sleep</i> was worth the cover price and while I couldn't afford them, two other Araki books from 2009- the Rathole published Polaroid book and his Taka Ishii 「69猥景」were also beautifully done. Print quality aside, Faraway Eyes is pretty amazing. It’s a shame it couldn’t have been of slightly better construction given the pictures inside.

Aya Fujioka’s I Don’t Sleep was worth the cover price and while I couldn’t afford them, two other Araki books from 2009- the Rathole published Polaroid book and his Taka Ishii 「69猥景」were also beautifully done.

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