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Award-winning photographer Tobi Shonibare - Tobi Shinobi to his followers - pushes the boundaries of symmetry and balance in his first book, Equilibrium. From his native London to his current Chicago home, and in far-flung locales around the world, Tobi's photographs explore and deconstruct architecture and nature until they appear as optical illusions. His vertigo-inducing perspectives turn familiar vistas into abstractions, reality into a fantasyland of line and shape. More than 164,000 followers on Instagram experience Tobi's obsessive attention to detail and fascination with the geometry of our world.
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Tobi Shonibare -
Tobi Shinobi to his followers - is an award-winning photographer and videographer based in Chicago and in his native London. Tobi's work has a wide range, but he is perhaps best-known for his work on social media. More than 172,000 followers appreciate Tobi's distinctive style of street photography, his relentless focus on perspective, symmetry and geometry.
Tobi's work has garnered him an international reputation. He has worked with global brands such as Audi, Apple, Coach and Samsung and given talks for Adobe, Apple and Sony both in Europe and in the US. Sony tapped Tobi as a Global Imaging Ambassador; he also serves as an ambassador for photography-world brands Sigma, Gitzo, AdoramaPix and 500px. An early adopter of Instagram, his passion for visual storytelling was profiled in the 2016 short documentary
I Take Pictures, which went on to win multiple film-festival accolades.
Summary
Award-winning photographer Tobi Shonibare - Tobi Shinobi to his followers - pushes the boundaries of symmetry and balance in his first book, Equilibrium. From his native London to his current Chicago home, and in far-flung locales around the world, Tobi's photographs explore and deconstruct architecture and nature until they appear as optical illus
Foreword
- Targeted organic and paid social media, including Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
- Social media promotion by the photographer, who has more than 172K followers on Instagram
- Pitch to major review media, including Publishers Weekly and Booklist
- Pitch to design and photography world publications and bloggers
- Supporting features by Adobe and Sony
- Video podcast episode
- E-newsletter promotion
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"Books like this one are rare because they do more than give the viewer a consolidated collection of stunning images. . . . Having glimpsed the world through Shinobi's lens, you begin to see your own surroundings more graphically." — Sony Alpha Universe
