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. The sequence turns a stranger’s uncertainty into an intimate account of connection. This Spanish-language Lunwerg edition presents the project that won the 2008 Leica European Publishers Award for Photography, published internationally under the title I, Tokyo.

Technical Sheet
Photographer: Jacob Aue Sobol
Publisher: Lunwerg Editores, Barcelona
Published: 2008
Edition: Spanish-language edition
Language: Spanish
Pages: 112
Binding: Hardcover
Format: Approximately 33 × 23 cm
Illustrations: Black-and-white photography
Project location: Tokyo, Japan
Award: Leica European Publishers Award for Photography 2008
ISBN: 9788497855334