108 Photo Books You'll Want to Give as Gifts

This is a guide to photo books by Yoshiyuki Morioka. It introduces 108 photo books, from new releases to rare books, both domestic and international, that you'd want to give to someone, highlighting their appeal.

This book is based on the serial "Shashin no Hon no Mori" from the magazine "Camera Biyori" and "Shashinshu o Dozo" from "Gekkan Hyakka." It contains photo books and letters actually given to someone, photo books recommended by Yoshiyuki Morioka, and newly written essays.

This book doesn't just introduce photo books as works of art; it also explores how a single volume can be passed on to another person through the act of "giving it to someone." It's about quietly passing on how a photographer saw the world to someone else. It's a book that makes photo books a little more accessible.

The photographs were taken by Taro Hirano. The photo books themselves are carefully photographed, making it enjoyable to view as a book. In the middle, there's an essay titled "Morioka Shoten no Koto" about the Morioka Shoten bookstore that was operated in a retro building in Kayabacho. For anyone interested in photo books, used bookstores, and the act of giving books.

[Title] Photo Books: 108 Books You'll Want to Give to Someone
[Publisher] Heibonsha
[Publication Date] September 7, 2011 (First Edition)
[Page Count] 128 pages
[Size] approx. 168 x 218 x 8mm / 280g
[Format] Softcover
[Language] Japanese
[Series] Corona Books 162
[Title Reading] SHASHINSHUU DAREKA NI OKURITAKUNARU 108 SATSU
[Author/Editor] Yoshiyuki Morioka/Author, Taro Hirano/Photography, Toshiaki Shimizu/Editor
[Printing] Tokyo Insatsu-kan/Printing and Binding
[ISBN] 9784582634594
[Condition] Used [5] Good (Obi: slight scuffing, Main body: light tanning on top edge)
[Accessories] Obi
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Yoshiyuki Morioka (Morioka Yoshiyuki) 1974-

Born in Yamagata Prefecture. Representative of Morioka Shoten.

After working at a used bookstore, he opened Morioka Shoten in a room of a building in Kayabacho, Tokyo. He handles photo books, art books, crafts, design, and used books, while continuing activities related to the relationship between books and people, and books and places. Later, Morioka Shoten moved to Ginza as "a bookstore that sells one book."

His books include "Photo Books: 108 Books You'll Want to Give to Someone," "Koya no Furuhon'ya (Used Bookstore in the Wilderness)," "BOOKS ON JAPAN 1931-1972: Japanese Overseas Propaganda Photo Magazines," "Tokyo Kyushigaichi o Aruku (Walking Through Tokyo's Old Downtown)," and "800 Nichikan Ginza Isshu (800 Days Around Ginza)."

Taro Hirano (Hirano Taro) 1973-

Born in Tokyo. Photographer, gallery owner.

After working as an assistant at Kodansha, he became a freelance photographer. His photo books include "POOL," "Barabara (Scattered)," "GOING OVER," and "Foreclosure." His father is book designer Kohei Hirano.

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