Published by Case Publishing, 2018
Book Size :167 x 245 mm
Pages: 80 pages
Binding: Softcover, soft case
Language: English and Japanese
ISBN: 978-4-908526-21-3
Rectangular forms repeat across every page. The protagonists of this book are shipping containers—essential units of global logistics that quietly support everyday life.
Yusuke Inoue photographs them along urban highways, using telephoto lenses and high shutter speeds to isolate and suspend them in space. Motion appears stilled, almost unreal.
“Inoue’s photographs can be considered a ‘typology of moments’… The unreality of their apparent stillness fascinates us.”
—Kenji Takazawa, afterword
Each image follows strict formal rules, with containers rendered at a consistent scale against the shifting backdrop of Tokyo. The result reveals both the structure of the city and the systems that move through it.
Containers in Tokyo, Inoue’s first photobook, presents a selection from this ongoing series and includes an essay by Kenji Takazawa.
Published by Case Publishing, 2018
Book Size :167 x 245 mm
Pages: 80 pages
Binding: Softcover, soft case
Language: English and Japanese
ISBN: 978-4-908526-21-3
Rectangular forms repeat across every page. The protagonists of this book are shipping containers—essential units of global logistics that quietly support everyday life.
Yusuke Inoue photographs them along urban highways, using telephoto lenses and high shutter speeds to isolate and suspend them in space. Motion appears stilled, almost unreal.
“Inoue’s photographs can be considered a ‘typology of moments’… The unreality of their apparent stillness fascinates us.”
—Kenji Takazawa, afterword
Each image follows strict formal rules, with containers rendered at a consistent scale against the shifting backdrop of Tokyo. The result reveals both the structure of the city and the systems that move through it.
Containers in Tokyo, Inoue’s first photobook, presents a selection from this ongoing series and includes an essay by Kenji Takazawa.
