In the size of a phone book and thick cardboard pages, “Tokyo Suburbia” was published by Korinsha Press in 1998 and won the 24th Kimura Ihei Award in 1999. The masterpiece become a collectable and sells now for around $1,000. Thanks to Takashi Homma you can get a slightly lighter and affordable version of the book as an iPad version, which makes it for everyone accessible, who is interested in the work.

Takashi Homma traveled to suburbs in and around Tokyo, where he photographed the not-so-photogenic objects like apartment complexes or parking lots. A photo critic in Archis observes:
“…Beyond the apparent frivolity and mischievousness, there is another, unironic, message: that everything — that is, every thing — has potential aesthetic properties. In this sense, perhaps the best point of reference for these photographs is John Cage’s composition 4′ 33″; scored as silence, it requires the listener to pay close attention to a random slice of environmental noise. Homma works with a similar arbitrariness — he could have pressed the shutter half an hour earlier or later.”
“Tokyo Suburbia”, Korinsha Press, 1998 © Takashi Homma (oneyearofbooks)
“Tokyo Suburbia”, Korinsha Press, 1998 © Takashi Homma (oneyearofbooks)
“Tokyo Suburbia”, Korinsha Press, 1998 © Takashi Homma (oneyearofbooks)
“Tokyo Suburbia”, Korinsha Press, 1998 © Takashi Homma (oneyearofbooks)
“Tokyo Suburbia”, Korinsha Press, 1998 © Takashi Homma (oneyearofbooks)
“Tokyo Suburbia”, Korinsha Press, 1998 © Takashi Homma (oneyearofbooks)


Tokyo Suburbia”, iPhone/iPad, 2011 © Takashi Homma 
Tokyo Suburbia”, iPhone/iPad, 2011 © Takashi Homma 
Tokyo Suburbia”, iPhone/iPad, 2011 © Takashi Homma 
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