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von Sebastian Hau
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Schlagworte: Nagano Shigeichi, Olivier Cablat, Timothy Prus, Ed Jones, Natascha Libbert, Tim Brennan
Nagano Shigeichi, "Hong Kong Reminiscence 1958"
Although unknown outside of Japan, Shigeichi has already had three books of photography published there, the first of which was a publication in the prestigious series "Hysteric Glamour". His latest book is especially well designed and presents pictures taken during a stay in Hong Kong in 1958. As a photographer, Shigeichi is not easy to describe. An unprejudiced eye is required to recognise his qualities. From the 1940s until the late 1990s, he documented everyday life in Japan. Even during a visit to Hong Kong, he was untiring in his photographic exploration of the streets, taking pictures even in the opium dens of Kowloon which, however, he quickly had to leave. His photographs lack drama, the formal play of black and white, and the stereotypes and presumptions about people which we can see in many photographs from the 1950s, from Doisneau to the Family of Man. Shigeichi can perhaps best be compared to the Italian neorealists. He is now being discovered by a new generation of Japanese photographers since, when confronted with the city, photographers are constantly forced to re-invent themselves, and his unspectacular pictures can teach us so much about what he photographed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeichi_Nagano" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeichi_Nagano www.photojpn.org/books/theme/nagano.html", www.photojpn.org/books/theme/nagano.html,www.lensculture.com/nagano.html", www.lensculture.com/nagano.html
19.09.2009
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