Naoya Hatakeyama: Excavating the Future City [Paperback]

For the past thirty years, Japanese photographer Naoya Hatakeyama has undertakena photographic examination of the life of cities and the built environment. Eachof his series focuses on a different facet of the growth and transformation of theurban landscapefrom studies of architectural maquettes to the extraction anduse of natural materials such as limestone, as it is quarried via explosive blasts and subsequently incorporated into the construction of new buildings. In particular, Hatakeyama has routinely returned to the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolis, exploring this ever-evolving urban sprawl from both below and above, mapping the growth and expansion of these sites over time. Additional series focus on other forms of human intervention with the landscape and natural materials, including factoriesand building sites in Japan and abroad. Finally, his most recent photographs of his hometown of Rikuzentakata, a fishing town that was almost completely destroyed by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, are also includedan ongoing series begun almost immediately following the disaster. These photographs hauntingly embody the death and rebirth of the city, manifesting a deeply personal connection to the ongoing intersection of geology, architecture, and time.For the past thirty years, Japanese photographer Naoya Hatakeyama has undertaken a photographic examination of the life of cities and the built environment.Naoya Hatakeyama: Excavating the Future Cityis the first English-language survey on this renowned Japanese photographer; his work will be introduced by his own writings, as well as in-depth essays by Yasufumi Nakamori, Toyo Ito, and Philippe Forest.

• The first English-language survey of this urban-landscape visionary
• Essential for fans of Japanese photography
• Includes major texts by Yasufumi Nakamori, Toyo Ito, and the artistCopublished by Aperture and the Minneapolis Institute of Art