Publisher/写真評論社

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Tomatsu Shomei, one of Japan's leading postwar photographers, has always maintained a high level of awareness and an insatiable curiosity in exploring the origins of Japan and the Japanese people. His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions in Europe and the United States, including his desire for peace centered on the internal wounds of wartime survivors in Nagasaki and Okinawa, his sharp critique of civilization and politics, and his questioning of humanity's involvement in nature and materials. He has received international acclaim. This book, published in 1972, is a re-edited collection of works published in the 1960s in magazines such as Camera Mainichi, Asahi Camera, and Chuokoron. During the 1960s, Tomatsu rebelled against the boredom and lack of reality of commuting back and forth on the same route every day, leading him to live without a fixed residence. Here, we find the work of a true professional who dedicated himself entirely to 'seeing' and who dedicated himself stoically to photography in order to amplify the reality of what he saw. (Included in The Japanese Photobook 1912–1990)