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Book title: Mikiya Takimoto Works 1998-2023
Author: Mikiya Takimoto
Art direction: Naoki Yago
Format: B5 variant/hardcover
Number of pages: 596
Price: 9,000 yen + tax
ISBN:978-4-86152-927-6 C0072

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release date 2024年2月29日

Part numberMbk9784861529276

Specification Photographer Mikiya Takimoto has worked in a wide range of fields, including advertising photography, commercial films, creative work, and movies, and continues to deepen his own unique style of expression by crossing over various genres.
This book is Takimoto's first collection of work, focusing on client work among his wide-ranging activities, and bringing together in one volume his advertising work spanning 25 years from 1998, when he began his career as a photographer, to 2023.
This book is divided into two parts: advertising photography and commercial film.
The first half of the advertising photography section features a wide variety of approximately 120 works, including the ``Tokyo City Keiba Twinkle Lady Award'' that he worked on shortly after going independent, his early representative work ``Toshimaen Pool,'' the main visuals for historical dramas such as ``Ryomaden,'' ``Sanada Maru,'' and ``Aoi Tou wo Tsuke,'' Mr.Children's CD album images including ``HOME'' and ``SUPERMARKET FANTASY,'' which are memorable even to those who are not fans, poster visuals for director Hirokazu Koreeda's films such as ``Like Father, Like Son'' and ``Our Little Sister,'' ``World Table Tennis,'' which has received high praise at numerous overseas advertising awards, the advertising visuals for Laforet Harajuku, where you can enjoy collaborations with various art directors, a series of visuals for the ``TOYOTA Five Continents Run,'' which was shot on a scale that goes beyond the boundaries of advertising, and ``Pocari Sweat 2023,'' which was shot in 2023.
The following commercial film section features around 70 commercial film works, including "Sapporo Draft Beer Black Label Adult Elevator," which has been running since 2010, the "Daiwa House Here, Together" series, which has been loved beyond the scope of commercials, "Sansan Acquaintance," which allows you to enjoy the gap between cool visuals and laughter, "Kirin Lager Beer Time Slip," which now features the three members of YMO and is no exaggeration to say is legendary, the "McDonald's" series, all of which are finished like short films, and "Suntory Tennensui," which left a vivid impression during the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, his recent works, which have added depth to their expression thanks to his experience of being entrusted with filmmaking by Director Kore-eda, are a must-see.
Additionally, as a special content, we have included a conversation titled "The Ideal Relationship between Photography and Design" with art director Kenjiro Sano, who is a close friend of both of them and has worked together since they first went independent.
Takimoto himself selected the works to be published, carefully selecting only about 10% of the vast amount of work he has undertaken to date, but the total length of the book still ended up being around 600 pages.
Times are changing rapidly, and advertising is rampant on every device.
Now that "advertising" is being treated as noise and it is becoming commonplace to skip it, it can be said that Takimoto's expressions, which believe in the power of a single photograph or a 15-second video and continue to pursue the possibilities of advertising, are becoming more and more valuable.
This book allows you to enjoy the unique worldview of Mikiya Takimoto, which can be called the one and only "art of advertising," a world that is constantly evolving while seeking change.

■ Author profile
Mikiya Takimoto
Photographer. Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1974. Studied under Tamotsu Fujii from 1994. In 1998, he became independent and established the Mikiya Takimoto Photography Studio. He continues to work in a wide range of fields, including advertising photography and commercial videos, as well as publishing and presenting his work both in Japan and overseas. He has been highly praised for his extensive experience in photography and video, and his perspective as an artist, and has created unique visual worlds in films entrusted to him by director Hirokazu Koreeda, such as Like Father, Like Son, Our Little Sister, and The Third Murder. Representative works include “BAUHAUS DESSAU ∴ MIKIYA TAKIMOTO” (2005), which captures the German design school Bauhaus in a compositional way; “SIGHTSEEING” (2007), which traveled around the seven continents and photographed people gathering in the extraordinary nature of tourist destinations; “LOUIS VUITTON FOREST” (2011); “LAND SPACE” (2013), a series that contrasts the Earth’s pristine landscape “LAND” with space development “SPACE” as a symbol of civilization; as well as “Le Corbusier” (2017) and “CROSSOVER” (2018).

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