Size 21 x 29,5 cm Pages 138 Binding Hardcover + Case Publication Date 1978 Publisher Nikon Salon Club Condition Good First edition
Akita / Ihei Kimura
Published four years after his death ‘Akita’ represents another major achievement in the photographer’s oeuvre: Kimura visited the region in north-western Japan famous for rice growing and festivals more than twenty times between 1952 and 1965. Much of the work focuses on the daily hardships and joys encoun - tered in the so-called simple life (whoever coined that phrase? - there is clearly nothing simple about it) of the countryside. Although the theme appears to be anthropological the images stand out for their focus on human relations and emotions. This is the fourth volume in the Nikon Salon Books series, which was not for sale but distributed to members of the Nikkor Club.