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Tokyo Camera Style

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Tokyo Camera Style celebrates a uniquely Japanese tribe of camera obsessives for whom image means everything and proving that camera gear does matter, John Sypal, 'the Sartorialist of the camera world', introduces us to Tokyo's style-conscious photography freaks, fresh from the fashionable streets of Ginza, Harajuku and Shinjuku. In portraits taken on the fly, we see film camera enthusiasts posing with their favourite photographic equipment. Often taken from above, faces out of view, these images in Sypal's signature perspective show us many telling details: the clothes, the jewelry, hands and feet, shoes and socks, customized camera straps, and other paraphernalia. Individual personalities shine out from every portrait, with the camera taking centre stage. Many rare, customized and vintage analogue camera makes, models and lenses are captured and meticulously identified. From poptastic plastic to heavy-metal, Tokyo Camera Style is a colourful parade of weird and wonderful cameras and their equally weird and wonderful owners.

Author Biography:

John Sypal was born in Nebraska in 1979 and has lived in Japan since 2004. He loves film and analogue photography. A self-professed camera geek, he has owned and shot with a Leica MP, Leica M2 + 28mm, 35mm and 50mm lenses; Contax T2; Contax T3; Konica Big Mini; Mamiya 7 + 65mm lens; Pentax 67II + 55mm and 90mm lenses; Fujifilm GA645; Fujifilm Cheki; Fujifilm Instax 210; Polaroid SX-70; and a Polaroid 690. He is photographer and author of the monthly camera-style feature for Nippon Camera Magazine.
Release date Australia
February 9th, 2015
Author
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
299 Illustrations, color
Imprint
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Pages
288
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Dimensions
150x210x24
ISBN-13
9780500291672
Product ID
22538199

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