These “Pleasure Grounds” allowed for both active and passive – or contemplative—recreation and became playgrounds of the rich given they were too far away for the working class

the number of photobooks with "Tokyo" as their title may exceed 50 when the 21st century publications are included

Singer-sewn binding with red thread

The series originated in bag of negative film that Sauvin rescued from a recycling plant in Beijing back in 2010

Mario Giacomelli Keith richards These “Pleasure Grounds” allowed forFirst edition first impression in VG condition. There is a 'non mint copy' Phaidon stamp on the front endpage, no internal markings, there is some minor wear to boards and spine (due to weight of book) The dust jacket has some minor scuffmarks. With the death of the great, poetic, Italian photographer Mario Giacomelli (1925 2000), Europe lost one of its most talented image makers. Giacomelli trained initially as a typographer and this early interest