Published by Camera Mainichi / Mainichi Shimbunsha in 1970, the monograph helped cement Shinoyama’s reputation as a visionary in modern Japanese photography. Expanding on the human form outside the traditional studio, the project merges surrealism, natural landscapes, and stark urban architecture. The book is organized into distinct, panoramic photographic series that trace a conceptual and physical journey—most famously opening in the desolate, stark terrain of Death Valley in the United States and winding its way back through various settings to Tokyo. Nude bodies are framed against vast, dry desert expanses, highlighting the stark tension, volume, and texture of the human form against raw nature. As the sequence moves into the city, the human figure interacts with inorganic architecture and surrealist lighting, exploring themes of presence and isolation in the modern metropolis. Highlighted in key historical surveys like Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and '70s, the book is recognized for pioneering a bold new language of artistic and sculptural nude photography in Japan Copy in very good condition.