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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Hiroji Kubota , Elliott ErwittPublisher: Aperture Imprint: Aperture Dimensions: Width: 23.00cm , Height: 4.90cm , Length: 30.00cm Weight: 3.460kg ISBN: 9781597112857ISBN 10: 1597112852 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 07 September 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsWherever Mr. Kubota worked he maintained a Japanese aesthetic sensibility--and a passion to create beauty that was his reaction to growing up in devastated postwar Japan. - The Wall Street Journal The new Aperture monograph Hiroji Kubota Photographer is a stunning document. In more than 500 large, luscious pages, it provides a showcase for a pageant of images offering a concentrated examination of the camera's power to record and reveal, and of the vision of a skilled photographer who seemed, almost instinctively, to have been in the right place at the right time over and over and again. - Hyperallergic ...serves as a compelling starting point for exploring the themes, inquisitive spirit and technical innovations that characterized some of the most original documentary-photography artists of postwar Japan - Hyperallergic It's the work of a photographer for whom making an excellent picture seems second nature. - Mother Jones Kubota gives us a truly unique look at the transition of the world from the tumultuous '60s to the 2000s. - Mother Jones Wherever Mr. Kubota worked he maintained a Japanese aesthetic sensibility and a passion to create beauty that was his reaction to growing up in devastated postwar Japan. The Wall Street Journal The new Aperture monograph Hiroji Kubota Photographer is a stunning document. In more than 500 large, luscious pages, it provides a showcase for a pageant of images offering a concentrated examination of the camera s power to record and reveal, and of the vision of a skilled photographer who seemed, almost instinctively, to have been in the right place at the right time over and over and again. Hyperallergic serves as a compelling starting point for exploring the themes, inquisitive spirit and technical innovations that characterized some of the most original documentary-photography artists of postwar Japan Hyperallergic It's the work of a photographer for whom making an excellent picture seems second nature. Mother Jones Kubota gives us a truly unique look at the transition of the world from the tumultuous '60s to the 2000s. Mother Jones Wherever Mr. Kubota worked he maintained a Japanese aesthetic sensibility and a passion to create beauty that was his reaction to growing up in devastated postwar Japan. The Wall Street Journal The new Aperture monograph Hiroji Kubota Photographer is a stunning document. In more than 500 large, luscious pages, it provides a showcase for a pageant of images offering a concentrated examination of the camera s power to record and reveal, and of the vision of a skilled photographer who seemed, almost instinctively, to have been in the right place at the right time over and over and again. Hyperallergic serves as a compelling starting point for exploring the themes, inquisitive spirit and technical innovations that characterized some of the most original documentary-photography artists of postwar Japan Hyperallergic It's the work of a photographer for whom making an excellent picture seems second nature. Mother Jones Kubota gives us a truly unique look at the transition of the world from the tumultuous '60s to the 2000s. Mother Jones Wherever Mr. Kubota worked he maintained a Japanese aesthetic sensibility-and a passion to create beauty that was his reaction to growing up in devastated postwar Japan. - The Wall Street Journal The new Aperture monograph Hiroji Kubota Photographer is a stunning document. In more than 500 large, luscious pages, it provides a showcase for a pageant of images offering a concentrated examination of the camera's power to record and reveal, and of the vision of a skilled photographer who seemed, almost instinctively, to have been in the right place at the right time over and over and again. - Hyperallergic ...serves as a compelling starting point for exploring the themes, inquisitive spirit and technical innovations that characterized some of the most original documentary-photography artists of postwar Japan - Hyperallergic It's the work of a photographer for whom making an excellent picture seems second nature. - Mother Jones Kubota gives us a truly unique look at the transition of the world from the tumultuous '60s to the 2000s. - Mother Jones Author InformationHiroji Kubota began his career by assisting photographers René Burri, Burt Glinn, and Elliott Erwitt on their visit to Japan in 1961. In 1965 he joined Magnum Photos, producing major bodies of work, many in book form, on the United States, Japan, China, North and South Korea, and Southeast Asia. His numerous publications include From Sea to Shining Sea: A Portrait of America (1992) and Out of the East: Transition and Tradition in Asia (1999). Alison Nordström (introductory essay) is an independent scholar, curator, and writer. She was senior curator of photographs at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, from 2004 to 2013. She is currently scholar-in-residence at Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; curator for international programs at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Massachusetts; and artistic director of Fotofestiwal Łódz in Poland. Elliott Erwitt has made some of the most memorable photographs of our time, from his observations of daily life to portraits of iconic personalities, including Marilyn Monroe and Che Guevara. Erwitt has produced more than twenty-five books, including Eastern Europe (1965), To the Dogs (1992), Personal Best (2010), and Kolor (2013). Mark Lubell is executive director of the International Center of Photography, New York. He served as director of Magnum Photos, New York, between 2004 and 2011. Chris Book is executive director of Aperture Foundation, New York. He was previously director of Magnum Photos, London and New York, editorial director at Phaidon Press, and publisher of his own list of photobooks, Chris Boot Ltd. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |