Gridscape Tabloid | Yasuyuki Takaki | Shaba 2024

Gridscape Tabloid | Yasuyuki Takaki | Shaba 2024GRIDSCAPE, which refers to the beauty of urban landscapes arranged in a grid pattern, is the culmination of Takaki's work taken from 2013 to 2023 as portrait photos of the city in Japan. The urban landscape, formed by its overwhelming mass, is overflowing with expressions that are endlessly interesting, Yasuyuki Takaki. The tabloid version of this work, which shows Takaki's photos in a very large format, is limited to 50 copies. The hardcover book,

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