{"product_id":"sakaguchi-tomoyuki_pokestop-portrait","title":"TOMOYUKI SAKAGUCHI: POKESTOP PORTRAIT","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a collection of works by Tomoyuki Sakaguchi, featuring players of the smartphone game \"Pokémon GO\" and the PokéStops they regularly use. It is an expanded version of a simple booklet first released at Comic Market 91 in 2016, and was published in a limited edition of 50 copies for the 2019 TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Pokémon GO\" is a location-based game that connects the player's current location with real-world urban spaces. The artist visited the actual locations where players (who appear as avatars in the game) were playing and photographed them and their surrounding scenery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSubjects were recruited via Twitter. The series documents portraits of people and the real-world landscapes mediated by the game, set against the backdrop of PokéStops familiar to each trainer, whether in residential areas, parks, commercial facilities, or on the street.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis series captures the way digital games imbue everyday places with new meaning, exploring the relationship between players, smartphones, location information, and urban landscapes, and the game experience of moving between the in-game map and virtual spots and the actual urban environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Title] POKESTOP PORTRAIT\u003cbr\u003e[Publisher] Self-published\u003cbr\u003e[Publication Date] July 12, 2019\u003cbr\u003e[Number of Pages] 32 pages\u003cbr\u003e[Number of Copies] 50 copies\u003cbr\u003e[Size] Approx. 183 x 216 x 3mm \/ 89g\u003cbr\u003e[Format] Softcover\u003cbr\u003e[Printing] Digital offset, Vellum VG\u003cbr\u003e[Language] Japanese, English\u003cbr\u003e[Title Reading] POKESUTOPPU PŌTORĒTO\u003cbr\u003e[Author\/Editor] Tomoyuki Sakaguchi \/ Photography, Text\u003cbr\u003e[Condition] Used, signed [8] Excellent to Good\u003cbr\u003e[Accessories] -\u003cbr\u003e[Featured In] -\u003cbr\u003e[Related Exhibitions] -\u003cbr\u003e[Notes] Enlarged and revised edition of the simple booklet \"PokéStop Portrait\" published in 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTomoyuki Sakaguchi (born 1969)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Kagawa Prefecture. Photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating from Okayama University with a degree in Earth Sciences, he majored in Earth and Planetary Physics at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science. After working in research and development in the electronic device field, he studied photography at the evening program of the Japan Photography Arts Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work focuses on everyday scenes, including new towns in the Tokyo suburbs, the technoscape expanding around the Tokyo metropolitan area, and pop culture. For over 20 years, he has continued a series of photographs taken during late-night rounds of his residential area, primarily in Tama New Town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the dawn of digital cameras and the internet, his activities have centered on digital photography and publishing on his personal website. He publishes self-produced photo booklets and zines, and participates as an individual circle at events such as Comic Market and Literary Flea Markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis major photo books include \"HOME,\" \"Itasha Z,\" and \"GOING HOME.\" In 2008, he received the Shashin no Kai Award. \"HOME\" was selected as one of Martin Parr's \"Top 30 Photo Books of the 2000s.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMartin Parr, Sohkyusha\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"さかぐちともゆき｜坂口トモユキ \/ SAKAGUCHI Tomoyuki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44633945866282,"sku":null,"price":1700.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/C1E7676A-B09E-43F1-9F8D-3106DF43BCFF.jpg?v=1785411394","url":"https:\/\/bunbuku.tokyo\/en\/products\/sakaguchi-tomoyuki_pokestop-portrait","provider":"文福","version":"1.0","type":"link"}