Published by Village Press in 1989, Jun Abe’s Creaturers marked the photographers first photobook of his career.

Photography by Erika Kamano
Styling by Ondine Azoulay

Sakiko Nomura is well known by male nude in a small dark room with very black darkness and dim lights.

Photographed by Elizaveta Porodina
Styled by Victoire Simonney

A selection of Araki's most iconic images.

Photographed by Roe Ethridge
Styled by Clare Byrne

“Friction / Tokyo Street” is the first photobook by Tatsuo Suzuki, who has amassed a small cult following online with his black-and-white street photography from Tokyo.

Originally published in Published in Camera Mainichi, March 1980, this series shows a new approach of its iconic Ravens series.

Flash Up by Seiji Kurata is one of the most exciting photographic excursions into the seedy parts of 1970s Tokyo.

In 1951 Werner Bischof leaves Europe for the first time. His journey in Asia, which lasted two years.

The Japanese photographer has reached great acclaim for his urban shots of people across the globe. But his New York photos in particular – the gritty and allusive – have profound and lasting impact.

In search for those who stood out from the crowd, the iconic street photographer ended up capturing an array of homeless people, day workers and the Yakuza – Japan’s mafia.