Travel culture magazine Transit releases its first photo book. A talk event with photographers will also be held.

TRANSIT THE PORTRAITS

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More than 10 years after its first issue in 2008, TRANSIT THE PORTRAITS and TRANSIT THE LANDSCAPES, its first photography books, will be released on November 11, 2019. As the title suggests, the book is divided into two volumes, one on portraits and the other on landscapes, each with over 200 pages, and contains a selection of photographs from all 44 issues published through 2019.

TRANSIT THE LANDSCAPES

To celebrate its release, a special exhibition will be held from October 27 (Sat.) to November 4 (Mon.) at the gallery of BOOTLEG, the designers of "Transit," to display some of the contents. Furthermore, at the venue, there will be an advance sale of the photo book, sales of original goods, and talk events by photographers, designers, editors, and other creators of the book.

Below are the details of the talk event.

Sunday, October 27, 16:00-17:30 (doors open at 15:30) is Gentaro Ishizuka and Sunao Tsuda, whose theme is "Travel, Themes and Photography" .

Gentaro Ishizuka
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1977 , he began his backpacking journey at the age of 19, traveling and photographing in about 80 countries around the world. 2004 New Photographer of the Year Award from the Photographic Society of Japan, 2011 Overseas Artist Dispatcher from the Agency for Cultural Affairs, 2011. He won the Higashikawa New Photographer Award in 2014 for his photo book "PIPELINE ICELAND / ALASKA" (Kodansha), in which he photographed the pipelines in Alaska and Iceland with a large format 8x10 camera, and won the Grand Prix at the Steidl Book Award Japan in 2016 .

Nao Tsuda
Born in Kobe, Japan, in 1976 . He has been traveling around the world and translating the ancient relationship between man and nature through his viewfinder. 2010, he was awarded the Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists in the Fine Arts Division. . He is a visiting professor at Osaka University of Arts. Major collections of his works include "SMOKE LINE" and "Storm Last Night" (both published by Akarasha), "SAMELAND" (limArt), and "Elnis Forest" (handpicked).

On Tuesday, October 29, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), Yayoi Arimoto and Eriko Kaji will present "Connecting Everyday Life in the World through Travel.

Yayoi Arimoto
. Born in Tokyo, Japan. While working as a flight attendant for a foreign airline, he was introduced to photography by a passenger. Since then, he has been fascinated by the world of photography, which allows him to express his vision of surprise and discovery regardless of time and place. In May 2006, he started his career as a freelance photographer. His work has appeared in numerous magazines, catalogs, CD jackets, TV commercials, advertisements, and exhibitions.

Eriko Kaji
Born 1981 in Hyogo , Japan. Spent his childhood in New York State, and after working for a commercial production company, became independent in 2006 from his base in Paris, France, and moved to Tokyo in 2010, where he has published numerous travel photographs. His work has appeared in a wide range of magazines, advertisements, and books, including "TRANSIT" and "Coyote.

Reservations for the session on November 3 (Sun.) from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. (doors open at 2:30 p.m.), featuring Kenju Sato and Yusuke Hishida on the theme of "Seeking the World You Really Want to See," have already reached the maximum number and are no longer available. The talk session on the last day of the event, featuring Fumikazu Ohara of BOOTLEG, who has been in charge of design direction since the first issue of the magazine, and "Transit" editor-in-chief Hayashi, has also reached its fixed number, and reservations have been closed.

By catching a glimpse of the creator's photographs, the magazine, and the thoughts behind them, the photographs in the exhibition will appear many times richer and richer.

. a photo book born as a milestone in the history of the one and only travel culture magazine. The quality of the book is sure to be as good as National Geographic's masterpiece photo book. To enjoy the book even more, you should definitely visit the gallery and talk events.