No I don’t mean that show Wife Swap which did produce some moments of truly horrific TV reality genius. I mean photobook swaps. I recently went through all my photobooks and decided that a handful of them needed to find a new home, either because I have their twin or because they deserve to be more loved by somebody else. This is where Photobookswap steps in. I have already posted about it before, but now that I have swapped quite a few books through Laurence’s blog, I thought I should sing its praises again.

Just to give you an idea of the good stuff that can be found on there, here’s what I’ve swapped in recent weeks:

• Man Ray, for Daido Moriyama, t-82.
• Shomei Tomatsu, Aichi Mandala, for Paul Shambroom’s Meetings.
• Shomei Tomatsu, Okinawan Mandala, for Robert Adams, Listening to the River.
• Irving Penn, Le Bain: Dancer’s workshop of San Francisco, for Thomas Struth, Lowenzahnzimmer.

I’ve got a few books that are still available so do pay Photobookswap a visit.

Vive le swap!

Shomei Tomatsu, Aichi Mandala: The Early Works of Shomei Tomatsu

Description: Aichi Prefectural Art Museum, 2006 (1st edition, exhibition catalogue). Soft cover, 30cm. 270 pages, 195 monochrome plates. Japanese and English text (by Kotaro Iizawa) and captions. Condition: As New.

Update: This book is no longer available.

Shomei Tomatsu, Okinawan Mandala.

Description: Soft cover. 269 pages, 300 monochrome and colour plates. Japanese text. Rare copy of this 2002 exhibition catalogue. Condition: As new.

UPDATE: THIS BOOK IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

Following LOZ’s excellent example with her photobook swap tumblr, I’m posting about a few books that I’m interested in swapping. Most of the books that I’m putting up for adoption are from Japan and fairly hard to find so I will be picky in choosing their replacements. If you have any photobooks that you would be interested in swapping please get in touch at info[at]eyecurious[dot]com.