Harvey Benge

In 2009 photo artist Harvey Benge had the idea of getting a group of photographers together to shoot a book in a day. On June 21, 2010. the day of the solstice. Ten of the world's leading photographers each shot a series for a book in different places around the world. The result is a truly unique collector's item, a boxed set including ten individual and elaborately designed hardcover books.

Jessica Backhaus lives in Berlin and New York. Since 2005 she has published four photobooks and has exhibited internationally.

Gerry Badger is a London photo historian, critic, and photographer. His published books include The Photobook— A History.

Harvey Benge works from both Auckland and Paris, and has exhibited internationally.

John Gossage's groundbreaking The Pond (1985) remains one of the most important photobooks of the medium.

With his first monograph House Hunting (2001) Todd Hido became a rising star of the American art scene.

Based in the Netherlands, documentary photographer Rob Hornstra predominantly works on long-term projects around the world.

Rinko Kawauchi has become one of the most celebrated photographers of her generation in Japan.

Austrian photographer Eva Maria Ocherbauer lives in Berlin and has published several photobooks.

Martin Parr bridges the divide between art and documentary photography. He is member of Magnum agency, and a world authority on the photobook. He lives in Bristol, England.

Minneapolis-based Alec Soth's widely acclaimed first monograph Sleeping by the Mississippi was published in 2004, followed by Niagara and Dog Days Bogota.… (meer)

Photographier Tokyo à trois reprises en 15 ans rien ne consigne finalement les extrêmes troublants qui existent dans cette méga-ville étrange et complexe, un lieu qui défie la compréhension. La ville parle au voyageur par énigmes, rien n’est ce qu’il semble. Sa complexité est déroutante et pleine de contradictions. Des rues de banlieue, semblables à des villages, côtoient les love hôtels, les salons Pachinko, les clubs de rencontre entre filles, les filles Harajuku et les néons sans fin. Les croisements culturels sont la norme, la tradition japonaise se fondant dans la version Tokyo Hello Kitty de la Teen Culture américaine. Les vieux bougent pendant que les jeunes poussent les extrêmes. La ville semble toute surface et on se retrouve, au départ, mal à l'aise. Cela laisse au voyageur occidental le sentiment que, malgré la profondeur de la culture japonaise unique de la ville, il existe une aura de malheur imminent où la brillance et la brillance du vernis de Tokyo conduiront inévitablement à une fin malheureuse.… (meer)