Named after the silver gelatin process used to make analog prints in the darkroom, John Sypal’s “Tokyo Silver Paradise” captures the Japanese capital in black and white pictures. Composed of innocuous and significant moments, observations of peculiar scenes and unique oddities, portrays, snapshots and intuitive captures, Sypal builds a visual archive of his Tokyo experience. Shot mainly in central and eastern parts of the city, the more relaxed, more open, more heartful (but at times disorganized, charmingly chaotic) atmosphere of shitamachi Tokyo unfolds further with every new image.

Born in Nebraska, USA in 1979. After graduating from the University of Nebraska he moved to Japan in 2004 and began exhibiting his photography in 2005. He has held over twenty-five solo exhibitions over the past 13 years. Select exhibitions include Nebraska, The Good Life (Nikon Salon, 2005), The Difference Between (Konica Minolta Plaza, 2007), Gaijin Like Me (Nikon Salon, 2008), 195 (Kaido Ribbon, 2010), John Sypal Photographs (Yokohama Sogo Leica Shop, 2015). In 2010 he accepted an invitation to join Totem Pole Photo Gallery, where he has been exhibiting his ongoing Zuisha series in successive volumes since 2012. He also reports on Tokyo photographic culture through his blog Tokyo Camera Style. Content from this project was compiled and published as a photobook by Thames & Hudson in 2015.

「根據我的體驗和理解，東京是從一個可以追溯到江戶時代的傳統市中心核心開始的，然後向外擴展，形成一系列相互連接的小巷與更大的公路和鐵路的交叉點。拆除和建築工地星羅棋佈在這裡，東京被荒川包圍，荒川沿著其北部和東部邊緣流淌，向西延伸經過江戶郊區的新宿站。本書貼出的大部分照片都是在這一地區拍攝的。」－John Sypal

John Sypal 的攝影集《銀園》以黑白照片捕捉日本首都東京的風采，這本書的日文標題「Ginen」由 gin 和 en（公園/天堂）兩個字符組成，這表達作者對這座城市的情感，同時也是黑房「銀鹽」照片的諧音。 本系列出自於作者對東京奇特場景和獨特怪事的觀察、描繪、快照和直觀捕捉組成，為他的經歷建構出一個視覺檔案，每張作品都一步步展現出東京下町輕鬆、開放、熱情（亦有時雜亂無章、迷人且混亂）的氛圍。

1979 年出生於美國內布拉斯加州的 John Sypal，自 2004 年大學畢業後移居日本，並於 2005 年開始展出他的攝影作品。曾舉辦了超過 25 場個展，並於 2010 年受邀加入圖騰柱攝影藝廊，並展出他持續進行的《随写》(Zuisha) 系列。同時兼任 Tokyo Camera Style 月刊雜誌的專欄攝影師兼作者，致力報道東京攝影文化，該系列內容更由 Thames & Hudson 於 2015 年彙編並出版為攝影集。