Yokota Daisuke 横田大輔 (1983–) - Tokyo Broken Mirrors 2020 - 2020
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Yokota Daisuke — Tokyo Broken Mirrors 2020 is a 1st edition, limited edition softback photobook in English, consisting of 88 full‑colour pages measuring 32 × 23.5 cm, published by Artbeat Publishers and in mint condition.
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Item Description
横田大輔 Daisuke Yokota — Broken Mirrors 2020
Publisher: Artbeat Publishers , supported by Fuji Xerox
Series: NEOTOKYOZINE
Published: November 2020
Pages: 88 (full colour)
Size: 318 × 236 mm
A rare, out-of-print photobook by one of Japan's most internationally celebrated contemporary photographers.
"Broken Mirrors 2020" is a work born from disruption — both planned and accidental.
Originally conceived as a critical artistic response to Tokyo's Olympic frenzy, Yokota's project "Tokyo Broken Mirrors" involves the act of breaking mirrors at specific locations across the city, then photographing the shattered surfaces.
When the COVID-19 pandemic overtook the world, the process migrated entirely into the locked-down interior of his Tokyo apartment — a sealed chamber, a labyrinth of reflections and confinement.
The result is a book unlike any other: a document of the finished photographs alongside equally weighted records of the secret room where the work was made.
Shot on an old camera with deliberately incorrect dates stamped on the prints, the imagery dislocates time and space, compressing the paranoia, isolation, and shattered certainties of 2020 into photographic matter.
The broken mirror becomes a metaphor for the fractured reality of the pandemic city, and for photography's own relationship to truth, surface, and the body.
This is a new, mint-condition copy of a photobook that is now out of print and increasingly sought after by collectors worldwide.
Fuji Xerox printing support ensures exceptional colour reproduction across all 88 pages.
Size
Height: 32 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Weight 300g
Condition
New, unused and in mint condition.
No folds, marks, or damage of any kind.
Artist Profile
Daisuke Yokota (横田大輔, b. 1983, Saitama) is a Tokyo-based experimental photographer widely regarded as one of the most significant voices in contemporary photography internationally.
He graduated from the Nippon Photography Institute in 2003 and rose to global prominence through a series of landmark achievements: winner of the Outset | Unseen Exhibition Fund at Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam (2013); winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award (2016), one of Europe's most prestigious photography prizes; and winner of the 45th Kimura Ihei Award (2019), Japan's most respected honour for photography.
His work entered the permanent collection of Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam, following his solo exhibition there in 2014.
Yokota's practice radically explores the materiality of photography itself — through rephotography, chemical manipulation, analogue darkroom processes, and physical intervention — producing images that hover between document and hallucination, between memory and erasure.
His photobooks, including site/cloud, Matter/Burn Out, and Broken Mirrors 2020, are now considered landmarks of contemporary photobook culture.
NOITICE:
The lot will be carefully packaged and sent by Japan Post, DHL or Fedex, depend on the situation.
It takes about 3 weeks to receive normally.
Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost.
These charges are the buyer's responsibility.
Sometimes Customs or delivery company in your country contact you for Customs clearance via phone or email.
Please make sure that you could answer the phone.
If you don't, the parcel will return to us and it cost more double shipping fee for reshipping.
We do appreciate for your kind cooperation.
Seller's Story
Welcome to The Curio Gallery Japan — a curated collection of objects that spark curiosity, tell stories, and bring a quiet sense of wonder into everyday life.
Based in Japan, we seek out items that exist somewhere between the rare and the remarkable.
Not everything here is ancient, and not everything is brand new — but every piece shares one quality: it caught our eye for a reason.
Japan has an extraordinary culture of craftsmanship, aesthetics, and reinvention.
From centuries-old artistic traditions to the latest limited-edition releases from Tokyo's most forward-thinking creators, this country has an unmatched ability to produce objects that are genuinely unlike anything else in the world.
We explore both ends of that spectrum — and everything in between.
Think of us as your scout on the ground in Japan.
We find the pieces that are hard to come by, easy to fall in love with, and impossible to forget — the kind of things that make a room feel more interesting, a collection feel more alive, or simply make you smile when you look at them.
If you have a taste for the distinctive, a soft spot for the unexpected, and a curiosity that never quite switches off — you're in the right place.
Every item we list is chosen with one question in mind: does this make life a little more exciting?
We hope you find something here that answers yes.
Item Description
横田大輔 Daisuke Yokota — Broken Mirrors 2020
Publisher: Artbeat Publishers , supported by Fuji Xerox
Series: NEOTOKYOZINE
Published: November 2020
Pages: 88 (full colour)
Size: 318 × 236 mm
A rare, out-of-print photobook by one of Japan's most internationally celebrated contemporary photographers.
"Broken Mirrors 2020" is a work born from disruption — both planned and accidental.
Originally conceived as a critical artistic response to Tokyo's Olympic frenzy, Yokota's project "Tokyo Broken Mirrors" involves the act of breaking mirrors at specific locations across the city, then photographing the shattered surfaces.
When the COVID-19 pandemic overtook the world, the process migrated entirely into the locked-down interior of his Tokyo apartment — a sealed chamber, a labyrinth of reflections and confinement.
The result is a book unlike any other: a document of the finished photographs alongside equally weighted records of the secret room where the work was made.
Shot on an old camera with deliberately incorrect dates stamped on the prints, the imagery dislocates time and space, compressing the paranoia, isolation, and shattered certainties of 2020 into photographic matter.
The broken mirror becomes a metaphor for the fractured reality of the pandemic city, and for photography's own relationship to truth, surface, and the body.
This is a new, mint-condition copy of a photobook that is now out of print and increasingly sought after by collectors worldwide.
Fuji Xerox printing support ensures exceptional colour reproduction across all 88 pages.
Size
Height: 32 cm
Width: 23.5 cm
Weight 300g
Condition
New, unused and in mint condition.
No folds, marks, or damage of any kind.
Artist Profile
Daisuke Yokota (横田大輔, b. 1983, Saitama) is a Tokyo-based experimental photographer widely regarded as one of the most significant voices in contemporary photography internationally.
He graduated from the Nippon Photography Institute in 2003 and rose to global prominence through a series of landmark achievements: winner of the Outset | Unseen Exhibition Fund at Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam (2013); winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award (2016), one of Europe's most prestigious photography prizes; and winner of the 45th Kimura Ihei Award (2019), Japan's most respected honour for photography.
His work entered the permanent collection of Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam, following his solo exhibition there in 2014.
Yokota's practice radically explores the materiality of photography itself — through rephotography, chemical manipulation, analogue darkroom processes, and physical intervention — producing images that hover between document and hallucination, between memory and erasure.
His photobooks, including site/cloud, Matter/Burn Out, and Broken Mirrors 2020, are now considered landmarks of contemporary photobook culture.
NOITICE:
The lot will be carefully packaged and sent by Japan Post, DHL or Fedex, depend on the situation.
It takes about 3 weeks to receive normally.
Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost.
These charges are the buyer's responsibility.
Sometimes Customs or delivery company in your country contact you for Customs clearance via phone or email.
Please make sure that you could answer the phone.
If you don't, the parcel will return to us and it cost more double shipping fee for reshipping.
We do appreciate for your kind cooperation.
Seller's Story
Welcome to The Curio Gallery Japan — a curated collection of objects that spark curiosity, tell stories, and bring a quiet sense of wonder into everyday life.
Based in Japan, we seek out items that exist somewhere between the rare and the remarkable.
Not everything here is ancient, and not everything is brand new — but every piece shares one quality: it caught our eye for a reason.
Japan has an extraordinary culture of craftsmanship, aesthetics, and reinvention.
From centuries-old artistic traditions to the latest limited-edition releases from Tokyo's most forward-thinking creators, this country has an unmatched ability to produce objects that are genuinely unlike anything else in the world.
We explore both ends of that spectrum — and everything in between.
Think of us as your scout on the ground in Japan.
We find the pieces that are hard to come by, easy to fall in love with, and impossible to forget — the kind of things that make a room feel more interesting, a collection feel more alive, or simply make you smile when you look at them.
If you have a taste for the distinctive, a soft spot for the unexpected, and a curiosity that never quite switches off — you're in the right place.
Every item we list is chosen with one question in mind: does this make life a little more exciting?
We hope you find something here that answers yes.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Original artwork, Photography
Book title
Tokyo Broken Mirrors 2020
Author/ Illustrator
Yokota Daisuke 横田大輔 (1983–)
Condition
As new
Publication year oldest item
2020
Height
32 cm
Edition
1st Edition, Limited edition
Width
23.5 cm
Language
English
Original language
Yes
Publisher
artbeatpublishers
Binding/ Material
Softback
Number of pages
88
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