How Things Look is a photobook by Australian artist Max Creasy. Published by In Other Words, the book features images captured during Creasy's 2023 visit to Japan.
- Composed of images taken during a 2023 family visit to Japan.
- Explores the gap between how things look and their existence.
- Considers the appearance of objects, objects as objects, and objects as subjects of observation.
- Hints at unsettling possibilities and considers the perspective of inanimate matter.
- Photographs are unconventional but can be considered portraits.
- Page sequencing highlights the unique relationships and associations within the image collection.
- Investigates the simple connection between the appearance of objects and their materiality.
- Standard tools and materiality are present throughout, functioning abstractly.
- Features a reversible format where both sides serve as the cover.
- Facing images bleed into the "back" of their respective spreads.
- Includes a text by curator/editor Yuma Shinohara exploring the book's instability.
- Bilingual text (Japanese/English).
