Dutch photographers
Kishi no Machi / A Town Already Seen
€485.00
Black and white images by photographer Kanendo Watanabe shot in a unique, spare style, that has more in common with the New Topographics photographers than Japanese influences. Aperture reference. (Aperture 228-231).
Reminiscent of the austere, minimalist style of New Topographics photographers (Lewis Baltz, Robert Adams, Joe Deal, etc..)-- but with atmospherics that are distinctly Surreal. As Vartanian and Kaneko describe in Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and 1970s, Mieko Kanai's opening text is typical of the "i-novel" genre, in which narrative is based on the everyday life of the writer. But is also "very close in feel to Andre Breton's 1928 surrealist novel, Nadja...[the images] [evoke] the feeling of being lost in an unfamiliar town." Winner of the 1981 Ihei Kimura Prize. Only one copy in OCLC--in Japan.
Bibliographic Details
| Author | Kanendo Watanabe |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Shinchosha |
| Place of publication | Tokyo |
| Year | 1980 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Binding | Softcover with dustjacket |
| ISBN | 3050023162 |
| Collation | 152 pp. |
| Language | Japanese |
| Dimensions | 21x15 |
Condition Report
| Condition | Very Good |
|---|---|
| Cover | Fine |
| Notes | Fine in glossy integral photo-illustrated wrappers, publisher's matching slipcase (very lightly foxed), no obi . Inside clean; one very paint and small dog ear at botom corner of title page. |
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