Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Chicago, Chicago, 1969
Published by Bijutsu Shuppansha, Tokyo
First edition.
Author: Shuzo Takiguchi
Designer: Yusaku Kamekura
Binding: Hardcover
Book in very good condition.
A student of Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, Yasuhiro Ishimoto was an important figure in the cross-pollination of photographic ideas and styles between American and Japanese photography. His portrait of a city, Chicago, Chicago, is a rich study full of the details of time and place. The cluster of white mannequin busts in the background of one of his photographs highlights Ishimoto's strength in using environmental details to question or add subtle commentary about the individuals portrayed – and about their relationship to society at large. The documentary photographer was a part of the time and place of his subject, a fact of the medium that is simultaneously restrictive and beneficial. Moving through Chicago as both citizen and visitor, Yasuhiro Ishimoto created documents that speak eloquently for the culture of the city in the 1950s and 60s. His photographs present highly original visual spaces, which nonetheless suggest the politics, mentality, and history of the city.
First edition.
Author: Shuzo Takiguchi
Designer: Yusaku Kamekura
Binding: Hardcover
Book in very good condition.
A student of Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, Yasuhiro Ishimoto was an important figure in the cross-pollination of photographic ideas and styles between American and Japanese photography. His portrait of a city, Chicago, Chicago, is a rich study full of the details of time and place. The cluster of white mannequin busts in the background of one of his photographs highlights Ishimoto's strength in using environmental details to question or add subtle commentary about the individuals portrayed – and about their relationship to society at large. The documentary photographer was a part of the time and place of his subject, a fact of the medium that is simultaneously restrictive and beneficial. Moving through Chicago as both citizen and visitor, Yasuhiro Ishimoto created documents that speak eloquently for the culture of the city in the 1950s and 60s. His photographs present highly original visual spaces, which nonetheless suggest the politics, mentality, and history of the city.
224 pages
28 x 29 cm
28 x 29 cm
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