Each bookstore acts as a concierge, recommending "the one book you should read now" to FASHION HEADLINE readers. Today, we'll introduce books selected by Shelf (3-7-4 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), a Harajuku bookshop that specializes in foreign books.

■ "The Mysterious Opacity of Other Beings" by Richard Misrach

Collectors are often associated with admiring "objects," but photographers don't collect "objects," they collect images.

This large-format photo collection features American photographer Richard Misrach capturing images of beachgoers floating in the vast expanse of ocean, taken from a bird's-eye view.

Some people appear relaxed, some are playful, and some are in a state of ecstasy. Their poses vary, but the tiny figures of the people floating in the ocean give a sense of the vastness of the ocean that stretches beyond the frame captured by the viewfinder.

[Book information]
"The Mysterious Opacity of Other Beings"
Author: Richard Misrach
Publisher: Aperture
Language: English
Hardcover / 88 pages / 340x450mm
Published: 2015
Price: 11,600 yen