Toshio Shibata

Toshio Shibata’s large-format contemporary landscapes aredistinguished by their haunting beauty, graceful composition,and meticulous detail. Using long exposures, and eliminatingany references to people, horizons, or identifying geographicreference points, Shibata captures structures such as dams,bridges, reservoirs, and roads as they interact with their naturalsettings—mountainsides, rivers, forests, and fields. The resultsare highlighted by painterly composition; filled with patterns,lines, and fluid action; and unmistakably Japanese in theiraesthetic.Curated and with commentary by Phillip Prodger, one of themost erudite and critical voices in contemporary photography,this book will appeal both to fans of Toshio Shibata’s workas well as an audience that has yet to discover his remarkableoeuvre.