Black Sun: The Eyes of Four : Roots and Innovation in Japanese Photography [PDF Scan]

Black Sun: The Eyes of Four : Roots and Innovation in Japanese Photography
by Eikoh Hosoe (Author), S. Tomatsu (Author), M. Fukase (Author), Mark Holborn (Author), D. Moriyama (Photographer)

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Publication Date: January 1986



"The photographs as "ruins" and the "ruins" in the photographs overlap and when the newly emanated feeling for time is marked into the center of the photographs, the ruins are not the carcasses of destruction and devastation, but turn away from being coffins, symbols of death, and move the hub to the mysterious stage of life."--Shunji Ito

Black Sun is an unprecedented portrait of postwar Japan through the eyes of four of the nation's most significant photographers. It encompasses and connects ancient Japanese prophecies, the terror of nuclear destruction, and the results of swift and massive westernization.

Eikoh Hosoe, Shomei Tomatsu, Masahisa Fukase, and Daido Moriyama are widely acknowledged in Japan as masters of photography. Their work ranges from the metaphoric to the documentary, from the presentation of post-apocalyptic artifacts to portraits of crows and crowded city streets. However varied the approach, this work is unified by a sense of innovation and a persistent search for native roots.

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