Japan: A Self-Portrait: Photographs 1945 - 1964 by Takeuchi Keiichi, Osam Hiraki, Alain Sayag

Japan: A Self-Portrait: Photographs 1945 - 1964

Takeuchi Keiichi, Osam Hiraki, Alain Sayag with Marc Feustel (Contributor)

238 pages first pub 2004 (editions) user-added

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This book is a perfect fit for the reader who is drawn to the intersection of history, culture, and art, and is eager to explore the transformative journey of post-war Japan through the lens of its most talented photographers, who captured the nation's resilience, modernization, and evolution with unflinching honesty and poetic nuance.

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The Japanese photographers in this volume are the undiscovered Cartier-Bresson, Brassai, or Doiseneau. From the 1945 bombing of Japan to the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, photography blossomed in the rapidly evolving country. Documentary photography t...

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