Human Memory

First edition of Human Memory by Issei Suda. First impression. Medium format hardback with belly band in very good condition. Some small closed tears to the belly band and some minor shelf rubbing to the top and bottom edges of the dust jacket only. Signed by the artist on the title page.

About

Born in Tokyo in 1940, after graduating from Tokyo College of Photography, became an exclusive cameraman for the theater laboratory "Tenjo Sajiki" presided over by Shuji Terayama, and began his activities as a freelancer. Taking pictures while traveling all over Japan, he won the Photographic Society of Japan New Artist Award for his masterpiece "Kazegata Kaden", which captures the people living in everyday life and the extraordinary "otherworld" moments behind them. Since the 1980s, he has expanded his activities to overseas such as Hong Kong and Taiwan, and has held numerous exhibitions. Issei Suda, a representative photographer of postwar Japan, continues to energetically present his works even in the 21st century. This book is a photo book published in 1996 and won the 16th Domon Ken Award. It consists of illustrations taken in Tokyo and other parts of the country for about 30 years from the 1960s. Snaps, streets, and landscapes that cut out casual fragments of everyday life include an outstanding sense of capturing the moment of photographer Suda, outstanding modeling beauty, and a strong curiosity as a photographer, everyday and extraordinary. A book that is fascinated by the unique aspect of the intersection.