Tokio — Jacob Aue Sobol — Lunwerg — 2008

Jacob Aue Sobol arrived in Tokyo in spring 2006 and struggled to find a place within its crowded streets and quiet commuter trains. Carrying a pocket camera, he began approaching people and looking for encounters that could break through his sense of isolation. Tokio follows that search through close portraits, private interiors and fragments of daily life. Dense blacks, visible grain and tightly cropped bodies give the images a physical immediacy: the city emerges through skin, gestures and the vulnerability of being near another person.

Technical Sheet
Title: Tokio
Artist / Author: Jacob Aue Sobol
Date: 2008
Publisher: Lunwerg
ISBN: 9788497855334