Each bookstore will act as a concierge, recommending "the book you should read now" to FASHION HEADLINE readers. Every Saturday, we will introduce books selected by Shelf (3-7-4 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), a Harajuku/Gaienmae bookshop that specializes in foreign books.




■ "Des oiseaux" by Terri Weifenbach

This work by American photographer Terri Weifenbach, born in 1957, captures the wild birds that visit her garden as the seasons change. This book is part of the "Des oiseaux" collection, which publishes works capturing birds from various perspectives.

Teri Weifenbach's photographs, created in a private garden space in Washington, DC, reveal a secret natural world inhabited by birds that nest in urban gardens. Her works seem to have been shot on a runway, oscillating between fantasy and reality as the birds race at top speed, dance, settle, stand still, or gather in conversation.



The seasons continue, and the garden's colors change. Saturated light and colors, the technique of blurring and sharpening details, and stop motion create a "supra reality." (Publisher's description)