About the Japanese photographer, Takashi HOMMA (b.1962)

"Takashi HOMMA studied photography at Nihon University College of Art but left in 1984 to take a job as an in-house photographer at a Tokyo advertising agency. In 1991, he moved to London to work as a photographer for i-D magazine. He was awarded a Kimura Ihei Commemorative Photography Award for the project 'Tokyo Suburbia'. A major retrospective of his work opened at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, in 2010. Takashi HOMMA currently lives in Tokyo." (© Lensculture)

Photo books by Takashi HOMMA

  • 'Tokyo Suburbia (2000), 'Tokyo Children' (2001); 'Stars and Stripes. New York' (2002); Tokyo and my Daughter' (2006), 'New Waves' (2007, 2014); 'Tokyo' (2008); 'First, Jay Comes' (2009); 'Trails' (2009, 2019), 'M' (2010), 'New Documentary' (2011); 'Diaries. 2010-2011' (2011); 'Mushrooms From The Forest' (2011); 'Portrait' (2012, together with Mikako ICHIKAWA); 'Take as Long as You Might Take, You Might Take Long' (2013); 'Scandinavian Mushroom' (2015); 'The Narcissistic City (2016); 'A Song for Windows' (2016); 'Looking Through: Le Corbusier Windows' (2019); 'Every Building on Ginza Street' (2019); 'Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji' (2023), 'Tokyo Olympia' (announced)

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'In Our Nature' by Takashi HOMMA, which has been out of print for a long time, differs from other works, which all show an urban environment in some form. These photographs here do not show pure nature as such, but rather what people understand by nature.
168,00 € * Weight 0.3 kg
Board book with rounded edges. Die-cut cover with cover texts in black foil, 19 cm x 27 cm. 40 pages. 17 color plates. 22 quotes, text language: English. Ltd. to 500 numbered copies
0,00 € *
In his 'Trails', Takashi HOMMA traces blood trails of some deer, considered sacred, that were released for shooting in Shiretoko National Park on the island of Hokkaido. The images take on calligraphic compositions: abstract and symbolic at the same time.
from 78,00 € Weight 0.5 kg
In his out-of-print photographic volume 'Tokyo and my Daughter', Takashi HOMMA documents his daughter from toddler to young girl through the everyday places in her life. With an incredible sense of closeness and distance, he creates a very special world.
98,00 € * Weight 0.1 kg
Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 25 x 35,5 x 1 cm., approx. 30 color ills., no text, Ltd. to 500 copies
48,00 € *
The volume 'Casablanca Chandigarh: A Report on Modernization' reflects the urban reality in both metropolises, complemented by two photo essays by Yto BARRADA and Takashi HOMMA. It offers an expanded view of the potential and character of the modern city.
78,00 € * Weight 0.8 kg
In his out-of-print photographic volume 'A Song for Windows', Takashi HOMMA documents the primitive island where the author Tove Jansson and her partner spent their summer together. The out-of-print photographic volume is designed like a children's book.
0,00 € * Weight 0.9 kg
In his out-of-print photo volume 'Trails, Takashi HOMMA documents trails of deer hunting in the snow-covered mountains, following the trails of red blood in the white snow that lead up steep slopes and across a river. Each scene like an abstract painting.
120,00 € * Weight 0.4 kg
In 'Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji', Takashi HOMMA explores his country's traditions of representation & depiction, and also offers a new encounter with his subject. Using pinhole cameras and digital technology, he forms haunting images of the mountain.
from 42,00 € Weight 0.7 kg
The volume 'Looking Through: Le Corbusier Windows' by Japanese photographer Takashi HOMMA illustrates the role of windows as spaces rather than surfaces that connect the interior of a building and the surrounding landscape, or the private and the public.
0,00 € * Weight 0.9 kg
more books with contribution by Takashi HOMMA
  • 'Daido Moriyama: Lost Home' (2013, together with works by Harvey BENGE, JH ENGSTRÖM, Roe ETHRIDGE,  Ron JUDE, Christian PATTERSON, Bertien van MANEN, Slavica PERKOVIC as well as by Terri WEIFENBACH); 'Stephen Shore: Selected Works 1973-1981' (2017);