Yoshinori Mizutani - Birds (special edition)

Yoshinori Mizutani
Birds (special edition)

Published by EXB, 2019
26.5 x 21 cm (book) 20 x 25.5 cm (print)
Book + print, signed and numbered 23/30

A leading figure in contemporary Japanese photography, Yoshinori Mizutani revisits the urban landscape of his city, Tokyo. Deeply imbued with Japanese pictorial tradition, the photographer explores everyday life in Tokyo and captures scenes bordering on the fantastical. His framing and vibrant colors lend his images a certain strangeness. Shapes, textures, color nuances, and depth of field create a visual vocabulary that is both poetic and pop. Dreamlike or nightmarish visions, Yoshinori Mizutani's birds saturate the city with their presence and restore its mystery.

This book is part of the "Birds" collection, which celebrates, through the eyes of various artists, their immense presence in a world where they are now threatened. Ornithologist Guilhem Lesaffre offers an original essay to accompany each set of photographs. For Yoshinori Mizutani's photographs, he highlights the birds' gregarious behavior.