ISSEI SUDA - TOKYO MODERN PICTORIAL

ISSEI SUDAH
TOKYO MODERN PICTORIAL

Published by Zen Foto Gallery, 2020
Book size 20 x 20 cm
Pages 132 pages + 107 images
First edition
Limited edition of 700
Language English and Japanese
ISBN978-4-905453-92-5

Tokyo Modern Pictorial is a collection of photographs taken in Tokyo's Kanda area by Issei Suda. The photographs were taken already 40 years ago, in the city where the artist was born, creating this edition with poetic black and white images around the life in Tokyo.

“These photos are not from modern times, although the title says so. They were taken in Tokyo during the 1980s. (…) We say ten years can bring a lot of changes. More than ten years flew by and Mr. Tanaka, who was laughing beside me, has already joined the spirit world. Scenes that have and have not changed—”Tokyo Modern Pictorial” of 2018 is right in front of us. While the present is right before my eyes, “My Tokyo” is occasionally brought back to the modern from 36 years ago. In these images, Tokyo seems to be a mixture of different times and remains a world apart from the passage of time.” – Issei Suda's afterword

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Tokyo Modern Pictorial is a collection of photographs taken in the Kanda district of Tokyo by Issei Suda. The photographs were taken already 40 years ago, in the city where the artist was born, creating this edition with poetic black and white images around life in Tokyo.

“These photos are not from modern times, although the title suggests so. They were taken to Tokyo in the 1980s. (…) They say that ten years can bring a lot of changes. More than ten years have passed, and Mr. Tanaka, who was laughing next to me, has already joined the spirit world. Scenes that have and have not changed—“Tokyo Modern Pictorial” from 2018 is right in front of us. While the present is right before my eyes, “My Tokyo” is sometimes brought back to the modern of 36 years ago. In these images, Tokyo seems to be a mixture of different eras and remains a world apart from the passage of time.” - Issei Suda’s Epilogue