neontigers / Book

The book “neontigers”, designed by jung und pfeffer :visuelle kommunikation (Bremen/Amsterdam), presents photography by Peter Bialobrzeski.
“German photographer Peter Bialobrzeski was awarded first prize in the ‘Art’ category at the prestigious World Press Photo Awards in 2003 as well as the Best-Designed German Books Prize in 2003. In Neon Tigers, he merges the seven Asian cities of Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Jakarta, Singapore, and Shenzhen into a virtual megatropolis. His photos present an image of a world that no longer seems real but appears instead as a series of dream-images of an eccentric film architect or computer-game producer. Their references to reality evoke a sense of conflict in the viewer, as appreciation for the beauty of the absurd competes with recognition of an irreversible process of change in urban living space. […]”