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Nobuyuki Wakabayashi - Gesshoku - Lunar Eclipse (若林のぶゆき 月蝕), Photo Japan, 1972, Tokyo

 

Softcover with obi. 55 monochrome photographs, many printed in blue.
„Wakabayashi was born in 1939 in Okayama City. He became a member of the Japan Professional Photographers Association and held his first solo exhibition in 1962. The present booklet features images from that exhibition, They show images of prostitutes in poor neighborhoods of Tokyo that Wakabayashi had taken between 1955 and 1961. He developed a unique style of solarized images which he used to great effect. The present is his third book (after ‘Adam & Eve’ in 1970 & ‘Black Sun’ in 1971) and it copies the format of the protest books of the 1960s (Chikuho no kodomotachi etc.). It was produced cheaply and sold for Yen 100 at the time.“

Pages: 64
Place: Tokyo
Year: 1972
Publisher: Photo Japan
Size: 18 x 26 cm (approx.)


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 Nobuyuki Wakabayashi - Gesshoku — Lunar Eclipse (Spine)

Nobuyuki Wakabayashi - Gesshoku — Lunar Eclipse (Spine)

 Nobuyuki Wakabayashi - Gesshoku — Lunar Eclipse (Back)

Nobuyuki Wakabayashi - Gesshoku — Lunar Eclipse (Back)

 Nobuyuki Wakabayashi - Gesshoku — Lunar Eclipse (Front)

Nobuyuki Wakabayashi - Gesshoku — Lunar Eclipse (Front)

 Nobuyuki Wakabayashi - Gesshoku — Lunar Eclipse (Front obi)

Nobuyuki Wakabayashi - Gesshoku — Lunar Eclipse (Front obi)

 Nobuyuki Wakabayashi - Gesshoku — Lunar Eclipse (Spine obi)

Nobuyuki Wakabayashi - Gesshoku — Lunar Eclipse (Spine obi)

 Nobuyuki Wakabayashi - Gesshoku — Lunar Eclipse (Back obi)

Nobuyuki Wakabayashi - Gesshoku — Lunar Eclipse (Back obi)




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Softcover with obi. 55 monochrome photographs, many printed in blue.
„Wakabayashi was born in 1939 in Okayama City. He became a member of the Japan Professional Photographers Association and held his first solo exhibition in 1962. The present booklet features images from that exhibition, They show images of prostitutes in poor neighborhoods of Tokyo that Wakabayashi had taken between 1955 and 1961. He developed a unique style of solarized images which he used to great effect. The present is his third book (after ‘Adam & Eve’ in 1970 & ‘Black Sun’ in 1971) and it copies the format of the protest books of the 1960s (Chikuho no kodomotachi etc.). It was produced cheaply and sold for Yen 100 at the time.“

Pages: 64
Place: Tokyo
Year: 1972
Publisher: Photo Japan
Size: 18 x 26 cm (approx.)


Included in "The Japanese Photobook, 1912–1990" by Kaneko Ryuichi & Manfred Heiting
>> see more picks from that book