Publisher/ナナロク社

Google翻訳
"Stakeout Diary" is a collection of works by Japanese photographer Yukichi Watanabe (1924-1993). Watanabe is one of the leading figures in postwar Japanese photography, and his "Stakeout" series, in particular, is known as a masterpiece that captures the tension and silence surrounding crime while accompanying police investigations. Based on his records of following the 1958 "Ibaraki Prefecture Dismemberment Murder Case," this book allows readers to relive the time spent on the investigation itself—stakeouts, interviews, and tailing—through photographs. While it is a crime record, it also vividly captures the streetscapes and demeanor of people in Tokyo on the eve of its high economic growth, and can be read as an urban documentary. Following the French edition in 2011 and the Roshin Books edition in 2013, this edition features composition and text by Otsuichi and art direction by Shin Sobue, re-editing the narrative and tension of the series of photographs in a modern form. This is an important work in the history of postwar Japanese photography, quietly questioning how photography can describe "seeing" and "waiting," while traversing the boundaries of journalism, documentary, and photobook expression. Comes with dust jacket.