This book is a reprint of Night Lights, originally published in 2000. The nature of the reprint is in my view something that highlights the very characteristics of Shintaro Sato’s work. Photography is at once a form of expression by mechanical means, and a duplication technology. This basic premise has been repeatedly pointed out throughout the history of photography. At the same time, now that photography seems to be swinging between the obvious polar opposites of art and pop, it is a premise with capacities that tend to be overlooked. I consider Sato’s works to be redefining this potential within the framework of photography today.
都会の風景を切り取る写真家・佐藤信太郎。
身近な街角の、見慣れない空間が浮かび上がった。
臨海副都心の様な美的な場所を避け、
ごく日常的で猥雑な東京・大阪の街を選んで写した。
多くの人間が行き交う明るい賑やかな夜の繁華街は、
人を消してしまうと、光る目的を失いただ輝いている。
身近な街角の、見慣れない空間が浮かび上がった。
都会の風景を切り取る写真家・佐藤信太郎。
名作『非常階段東京』『東京天空樹』に連なるシリーズ、待望の刊行！
アートディレクション：林琢真
【好評既刊】
非常階段東京（写真協会新人賞受賞）、東京天空樹（林忠彦賞受賞）
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This book is a reprint of Night Lights, originally published in 2000. The nature of the reprint is in my view something that highlights the very characteristics of Shintaro Sato’s work.
Photography is at once a form of expression by mechanical means, and a duplication technology. This basic premise has been repeatedly pointed out throughout the history of photography. At the same time, now that photography seems to be swinging between the obvious polar opposites of art and pop, it is a premise with capacities that tend to be overlooked. I consider Sato’s works to be redefining this potential within the framework of photography today.
[ Other title ]
"Tokyo Twilight Zone" Shintaro Sato、"Risen in the East" Shintaro Sato