Most photographers who have an interest in the photography scene in Japan have heard of Daido Moriyama and Nobuyoshi Araki, but not many people have heard of Osaka based Japanese street photographer Jun Abe. Until a few months ago, I myself had never heard of him. I came across an old book of his “Creaturers”...
I recently acquired a copy of Michael Kenna’s book Hokkaido by Nazraeli Press. I have to say that this book is at the moment the most beautifully published Photo Book (both in printing and packaging) that I currently own. The book features 84 photographs Kenna took in Hokkaido. The photographs are printed on a heavy, uncoated Japanese...
Daido Moriyama is probably the best known Japanese street photographer. He commands a huge following in Japan and has published a large number of photo books over the course of his photography career which spans almost half a century. He is known for his stark, gritty, grainy, and high contrast black and white photographs of...