Photo Book "5" Reconstructs Their Contrasting Expressions

Gentaro Ishizuka, born in 1977, debuted in 2002 with the photo book "world wide warp," which captured various locales during his two-year circumnavigation of the globe. He has since photographed pipelines, glaciers, and gold rushes, creating unique landscapes worldwide.



Masaru Tatsuki, born in 1974, is also a recipient of the Kimura Ihei Photography Award in 2012. Fascinated by art trucks since encountering them in 1998 when he began his freelance career, he is known for "DECOTORA," a series documenting art trucks and their drivers across Japan over nine years, and "Tohoku," for which he traveled to the Tohoku region from 2006, conversing with people and respectfully capturing the essence of nature.


Last year, both artists held solo exhibitions at Gallery SLANT in Kanazawa: Ishizuka presented "GOLD RUSH ALASKA CHILKOOT TRAIL," and Tatsuki exhibited "Is That Blood Still Red? 2011.11.19-20." Their works, though contrasting in style, sincerely engaged with the lives of humans, living beings, and the natural world, revealing aspects of life and death previously unseen, and garnered significant acclaim.



This exhibition was conceived to allow viewers to experience the further possibilities of photographic expression by presenting representative series from these two artists, who are at once polar opposites yet connected along a single axis. Concurrently, a tabloid-format photo book "5," which reconstructs these two series, has been published by SLANT and will be available for purchase at the venue.




Photo Exhibition "5"

Period: January 22 (Tuesday) - January 27 (Sunday)

Hours: 7:00 - 26:00

Venue: Daikanyama Tsutaya Books, Building 2, 1st Floor Book Area

17-5 Sarugaku-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Daikanyama Tsutaya Books

Tel. 03-3770-2525