Hardcover, edition of 400, French-fold pages and 20 gatefolds in Japanese binding. Edited by Matthew Carson, Michael Lang, Russet Lederman and Olga Yatskevich. 10×10 Photobooks in association with International Center of Photography and Photobook Facebook Group, 2014. Design by Sybren Kuiper (-SYB-), production/tech supervision by Sebastiaan Hanekroot.

"Books on (photo)books all look more or less the same - which is not a bad thing, as they have a high standard normally. But this one is so refreshingly different, the approach to "incorporate" spreads of the works covered is new (for me) and a more than welcomed way to give you the real feeling. Each book presented is hidden in a foldout, where the text and all the details are written. And of course, the selection of Japanese photo-books, texts and the visual appendix are inspirational. The team around this book just have set a new (high) watermark in the genre of books on books." (Josef Chladek)

„Printed in a limited numbered edition of 400, this “book on books” presents selections by twenty photobook specialists.
As a catalog associated with the traveling 10×10 Japanese Reading Room and Online space, the book offers an in-depth visual investigation of twenty highlighted books – one from each specialist’s selection of ten books – and a visual appendix that documents all 200 Japanese photobooks.
Designed by the Dutch graphic design studio -SYB- (designer of Viviane Sassen’s Flamboya and Carolyn Drake’s Two Rivers) with lithography and technical supervision by Colour & Books, 10×10 Japanese Photobooks lavishly presents the highlighted books across multiple full-page wrap-around spreads with selector commentaries. Texts include the last essay by the late Akira Hasegawa (photo editor of Masahisa Fukase’s Ravens), an interview by writer Dan Abbe with photographer and Asphalt editor Atsushi Fujiwara, and an historical overview by photo-eye book specialist Eric Miles.“ (from the publisher)

The 10×10 Japanese Photobooks publication includes extensive photo documentation of these highlighted books:

Kazuo Yoshida, Air Blue. Tokyo: Uhr Publishing Laboratory, 2012;

Yoshihiko Ueda, At Home. Tokyo: Little More, 2006;

Yuhki Touyama, Kyokaisen13 / Line13. Tokyo: Akaaka Art Publishing, 2008;

Yutaka Takanashi, Machi (Town). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbun-sha, 1977;

Masafumi Sanai, Pairon (Pylon). Tokyo: Taisho / Match and Company, 2011;

Koji Onaka. Matatabi (Wandering Gambler). Kamakura: Super Labo, 2012;

Takuma Nakahira, Sakyureshon: Hizuke, Basho, Koi / Circulation: Date, Place, Events. Tokyo: Osiris, 2012;

Ikko Narahara, España Grand Tarde (Spain: A Great Afternoon). Tokyo: Kyuryu-do, 1969;

Yurie Nagashima, Yurie Nagashima. Tokyo: Fuga Shobo, 1995;

Daido Moriyama, TKY. Tokyo: Goliga and New York: Aperture, 2011;

Daido Moriyama, ’71-NY. New York: PPP Editions in association with Roth Horowitz LLC, 2002;

Taisuke Koyama, Entropix. Tokyo: G/P and artbeat publishers, 2008;

Rinko Kawauchi, Illuminance. New York: Aperture, 2011;

Mao Ishikawa and Toyomitsu Higa, Atsuki Hibi ni Kyanpu Hansen (Hot Days in Camp Hansen). Okinawa: Aman Shuppan, 1982;

Eikoh Hosoe. Shimon: Shifukei / Simmon: A Private Landscape. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2012;

Takashi Homma, Sono Mori no Kodomo / Mushrooms from the Forest. Tokyo: blind gallery and limArt, 2011; 

Yoshiichi Hara, Hikari Aru Uchi ni / Walk While Ye Have the Light. Tokyo: Sokyu-sha, 2011;

Yoshihiro Hagiwara, Snowy. Tokyo: Tosei-sha, 2008;

Jun Abe, Shimin 1979-1983 (Citizens 1979-1983). Osaka: Vacuum Press, 2009;

Orie Ichihashi, Paris. Tokyo: Pie Books, 2011

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Pages: 248
Place: New York
Year: 2014
Publisher: 10x10 Photobooks / ICP
Size: 18 x 24 cm (approx.)

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