{"title":"Toshio Shibata","description":"\u003ch2\u003eToshio Shibata: Photobooks \u0026amp; Artist Publications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToshio Shibata (b. 1949, Tokyo) has spent decades photographing the contact zones between engineered infrastructure and natural terrain — dams, retaining walls, drainage channels — rendered in large-format black and white with a precision that is as much structural as it is visual. His work occupies a specific position in Japanese contemporary photography, and his publications have been issued by a range of publishers across Japan, the United States, and Europe, from Nazraeli Press to Poursuite and Akio Nagasawa Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection at Lokator100 gathers photobooks and artist publications associated with Shibata's practice. Titles are selected on the basis of long-term relevance rather than market momentum — monographs, limited editions, and smaller artist books that document his output across different periods and formats. Each listing includes accurate bibliographic information and a clear condition description.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrders are packed carefully and dispatched with tracked shipping from Germany. For related material, the broader \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/photography-photobooks\"\u003ePhotography \u0026amp; Photobooks\u003c\/a\u003e collection covers the wider catalogue. Collectors interested in French photobook publishing may also find relevant titles under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chose-commune\"\u003eChose Commune\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"painting-toshio-shibata","title":"Painting – Toshio Shibata","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cem\u003ePainting\u003c\/em\u003e — leporello photobook by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/toshio-shibata\"\u003eToshio Shibata\u003c\/a\u003e, published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chose-commune\"\u003eChose Commune\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePainting\u003c\/em\u003e is a leporello photobook published by Chose Commune, gathering 16 unpublished colour photographs by Toshio Shibata. The work is organised around constructed landscapes — channels, slopes, artificial formations, and engineered terrains — approached through colour photography with the compositional precision that defines Shibata's practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe object is a hardcover concertina of 20 pages, measuring 21 × 27 cm. It can be read as a sequential accordion fold or expanded into a single continuous surface. A ribbon on the spine allows the book to be hung vertically, functioning as a hanging scroll — a display logic that reframes the photographs as a wall-mounted sequence rather than a paginated publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShibata studied painting before turning to photography, and that formation informs his method: reduced scale cues, foregrounded structure, and a compositional stillness that draws artificial terrains toward abstraction. The 16 colour plates hold to this approach — infrastructure and landform rendered with formal calm, each image precise in its framing. Published in English and French, \u003cem\u003ePainting\u003c\/em\u003e sits within the broader field of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/photography-photobooks\"\u003ePhotography \u0026amp; Photobooks\u003c\/a\u003e as both a photographic document and a considered art object.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chose Commune","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53380390945114,"sku":"9791096383245","price":60.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/painting-toshio-shibata-cover.jpg?v=1768927669"}],"url":"https:\/\/lokator100.store\/collections\/toshio-shibata.oembed","provider":"Lokator100","version":"1.0","type":"link"}