Toshio Shibata is a Japanese photographer using large-format photographs to explore large-scale civil engineering works in nature.

Many seem to want to interpret his work as some kind of commentary about the conflict between man and his environment... I see a work on textures, shapes and space with a primary emphasis on aesthetics and athmosphere. The civil works become giant abstract sculptures, geometric installations that subtly interact with their surroundings through waterfalls, moss, slow decay of concrete.

From an intersting interview on Eye Curious: "I try to eliminate the reality, time and any sense of specific place."