First edition of The Yokohama Project by Giada Ripa (2026)

First impression

Medium format hardback in new condition.

22.4 x 28 cm

160 pages with 4 fold outs, 90 images

About

The Yokohama Project by Italian photographer Giada Ripa is a beautifully crafted photobook that bridges generations, cultures, and mediums to explore the profound transformation of Japanese society and landscape over a century and a half through the uncovering of a photographic archive miles from its origin.

While rummaging through old boxes in her family home in Piedmont, Italy, Giada Ripa discovered an album of 53 hand-coloured photographs by the first visual narrator of Japan, Felice Beato, capturing 1860s Japanese local society. In parallel and a few months later, she found an unpublished manuscript by an old relative and muse to many intellectuals, Mathilde Ruinart, who lived in Japan at the same time and befriended Beato. Inspired by their work, Ripa embarked on a journey to retrace their footsteps, weaving their historic perspectives with her own unique style of photography.