The lost world = Ushinawareta sekai / Maan Limburg ; texts by Maan Limburg, Josephine Smit, Liza Dalby.
The lost world = 失われた世界 Maan Limburg ; texts by Maan Limburg, Josephine Smit, Liza Dalby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Limburg, Maan, photographer, author.

Smit, Josephine (Josephine Marian), author.

Dalby, Liza Crihfield, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Limburg, Maan.

Abandoned buildings--Japan--Pictorial works.

Japan--Pictorial works.

Architectural photography--Japan.

Photography, Artistic.

art photography.

Physical Description:

1 volume (approximately 176 unnumbered pages) : chiefly color illustrations ; 34 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Ushinawareta sekai

失われた世界

Place of Publication:

Eindhoven : Lecturis, 2022.

Summary:

In 'The Lost World', photographer Maan Limburg takes you along on an adventure through Japan's magical and abandoned places. During her travels through the land of the rising sun, Limburg came across many abandoned buildings and houses, also known as Akiya. She became fascinated by these locations and started photographing them quite obsessively. It turns out 13.6 percent of all Japanese houses are abandoned. For The Lost World, Limburg made a beautiful selection out of the thousands of images she took. The voyeuristic experience is accompanied by an introduction by Liza Dalby (author of the bestseller 'Geisha' and 'Kimono: Fashioning Culture'), personal notes and an essay explaining the cultural phenomenon Akiya. The result is a dystopian yet intimate book which gives a glimpse into a world without people.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9789462264366

9462264368

OCLC:

1329222769