Higurashi photobook by ECAL Photography

From ECAL:

During the summer of 2019, thirteen students from the Master’s in Photography program at ECAL, under the guidance of Milo Keller, traveled to Japan to develop thirteen individual projects in collaboration with Japanese photographer Taisuke Koyama as part of the Tokyo Photographic Research project. Whether through still or moving images, or computer-generated photographic visuals, the students’ works explore a wide variety of aspects of the Japanese metropolis, which, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, was undergoing significant transformations in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Some projects focus on concrete aspects of the city, from the demolition of small residential houses to the construction of the massive Olympic Village, and even the expansion of new territories into the sea. Other works delve into peculiarities of Japanese culture, such as family-oriented food, the desire to create humanoid robots, the blending of child and adult worlds in manga, the Pachinko game, the reinvention of Ikebana, and emerging young female talents. Lastly, the artworks aim to visualize more abstract concepts like solitude, emptiness, and intimacy in a city that, due to its density, size, and power, embraces a stimulating, captivating, and extremely thought-provoking complexity for the eyes of the thirteen photographers.

The bilingual publication (English and Japanese) was edited by Milo Keller and published by ECAL. Thomas Le Provost provided the book design, using WrittenShape’s Craft and ITC Garamond. The Japanese typeface is yet unidentified [It’s DNP Shuei Mincho, see comments].