Photobooks (Other) - Top 25 at JLIST.com

1. Japan Underground 3

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:29:54 -0500

Many of us are familiar with the city scape and beauty of Japan, brave towering buildings reaching for the sky, temples with their simple aesthetic to bring people to peaceful thoughts, and the streets filled with neon lights to attract the wandering eye. However, few of us know the Japan that isn't meant to be seen -- the underground constructions that are made to keep Japan running, without trying to appeal to any aesthetic, just simple function. But to be sure, there are amazing sights to be...

2. Japan Underground 2

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:29:54 -0500

3. Back Ground Visual Material 1 -- Factory District - Haikei Visual Shiryo 1 ~ Koujyo Chitai Kombinat

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:42:35 -0500

This photography venture by Kimura Toshiyuki brings to you this wonderful visual world of factories. Each photo is produced with a splendid collection of over 400 photos ranging from old worn out factories to towering modern versions. Each flip of the page, you'll find yourself in awe feeling as if you had just awoken from the Matrix, are in a futuristic Skynet Terminator factory, or are living in the world of Ghost in the Shell. Those who love urban spelunking or Shinichiro Kobayashi's...

4. Junction ~ Ken Ohyama

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:42:35 -0500

Photographer Ken Ohyama (Oyama) opens our eyes to the under appreciated architecture and engineering feats of today's modern highway interchanges. Although they are a complex series of roads when looked from afar and breathtakingly powerful when viewed up close, we often ignore these modern mysteries of marvel as part of the back ground in our fast paced lifestyles. This photobook allows us to see these structures through Ken's eyes utilizing slow shutter speeds, filter effects and lighting...

5. Amusement Park of Fantasy - Genso Yuuenchi

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:20:50 -0500

The image of Japan is of a bustling metropolis filled with people, with every square inch of land accounted for and optimized for use. However, there are areas of Japan used and forgotten, and left as is as time takes its toll on these man made ruins. This is a cool book that focuses on the modern ruins (haikyo, in Japanese) of amusement parks, which should be the happiest place in the world but which are transformed to something deep and sad, but in an interesting way, too. Includes pictures...

6. New Back Ground Catalog 1 -- City ~ Shin Haikei Catalog Color ver. 1 Toshin ver.

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:36:52 -0500

Another volume of the popular photobook series that documents the awesomeness of Japan through beautiful glossy photos, which are great whether you're an artist looking for backgrounds to draw or whether you just want to enjoy the photos. This book focuses on the main parts of Tokyo. Gorgeous metropolitan scenery from such places such as Ginza, Yurakucho, Roppongi, Tokyo Tower and other high rise buildings are included in the book.