Tokyo Vertigo

by Stephen Barber, Eikō Hosoe, Romain Slocombe

Tokyo Vertigo is the first book to catch all of the sensations of its vast avenues and building masses, and its concurrent cultures of sex, death and ecstasy. ?? The book explores Tokyo as a vast compendium of visual gestures, images and texts. Moving from district to district-from wild Shinjuku to the austere Imperial Palace-it vividly tracks the exhilarating impact of the city as seen on the faces of its innumerable human denizens. ?? Illustrated by over 20 revelatory photographs from Romain Slocombe, Nobuyoshi Araki and Eikoh Hosoe, Tokyo Vertigo will appeal not only to fans of Japanese culture, but to all readers engaged with the fascination of cities, with contemporary global culture, and with travel writing at its most new and innovative. ??

Genres: Japan, Photography

160 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2001

Reviews

[Nicki · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three stars for the photos.
The writing is terrible, though. Nonsensical and is if the author used every descriptive word he knew.
My initial impression was that English wasn't his first language. In which case I could excuse it.
However, this wasn't the case and it just makes no sense whatsoever.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

Book is divided into two parts: the first section is an geographic overview of various Tokoyo neighborhoods, while the second has a (less place-specific)sociological/anthropological focus.