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Shinjuku Gardens 新宿 の 庭園, 2nd edition

(2018/25) ISBN 978-1-0699226-2-5

by Peter Sramek

Softcover
Full-color paperback on cover stock without flaps
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About the Book
Fifth in the Urban Drift series of small books on cities, Shinjuku Gardens explores a small residential area of Tokyo. A first impression of Tokyo is its size – the number of people at the crossings, the train lines, the signs, the lights at night. This is a stereotype one has learned to expect and it does exist. But then one walks through a section of streets with homes, not old, but human-scale, almost a village. And there are plants everywhere. Hidden between Shibuya and the Shinjuku Botanical Garden one finds such a neighbourhood of small residences. Here one observes the resilience of humanity’s rootedness in nature as residents nurture flowers and trees in tiny gardens, even if it is only a few pots tucked up against a
concrete wall.
ISBN 978-1-0699226-2-5
Author website
https://www.sramek.ca
Features & Details
  • Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
  • Additional Categories Architecture
  • Project Option: Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
    # of Pages: 154
  • Publish Date: Nov 27, 2025
  • Language English
  • Keywords street photo, Shibuya, urban environment. Tokyo
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About the Creator
PSramek
Peter Sramek
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Peter Sramek is a Canadian fine art photographer/book artist. He studied at MIT under Minor White and taught photography, photobooks and handbinding at OCADU from 1976 to 2021. His diverse projects explore our connections to history and place as well as the natural world. Sequencing images brought him to the book form and making editions by hand. Dedication to community practice led to involvement in forming Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography in Toronto, the International Art Collaborations Network (INTACnet.org) and Shibagau Creek Forest Farmstead in Tamworth, ON (scff.ca). He is included in collections such as the National Gallery of Canada, the National Library of Canada, MOMA (NYC), the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Toronto Archives, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and York University Library. Sramek's trade books are with Intellect Books (UK) or made available under his imprint, Photo°Sequence Books, while his handmade books are represented by Robert Wright Books.

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