KAZUO KITAI - ASAHI CAMERA

KAZUO KITAI
ASAHI CAMERA SPECIAL EDITION

Published by Asahi Shinbun sha, 1976
Book size 18 x 25 cm
Pages 278 pages
Softcover
Language Japanese
Slight yellowing of the cover and pages

The magazine “Asahi Camera” from October 1976 is a special issue of photographer Kazuo Kitai’s “To the Village” series, which features poetic black and white landscape photography of postwar Japan. The issue also includes commentary along with the images by Kazuo Kitai.

“The 1970's in Japan was an era that threw off its old coat and changed it for a new one. In the cities as well as agricultural villages, everywhere in Japan, it destroyed old buildings carrying history and built new buildings like inorganic, tasteless consumables. Every corner of the muddy, uneven paths was paved with asphalt, turning them into roads that do not have any stories. Due to the changeover from an agricultural country to an industrialized nation and due to the sudden economic growth, the workforce moved away from the countryside and gathered in the big cities.” -Kazuo Kitai

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The October 1976 issue of "Asahi Camera" magazine is a special issue in photographer Kazuo Kitai's "To the Village" series, which features poetic black-and-white landscape photographs of postwar Japan. The issue also includes comments and images by Kazuo Kitai.

“The 1970s in Japan were an era that threw off its old coat and changed it into a new one. In cities and farming villages alike, all over Japan, it tore down old buildings full of history and built new ones like inorganic and tasteless consumables. Every corner of the muddy and uneven paths was paved with asphalt, turning them into uneventful roads. Due to the shift from an agricultural country to an industrialized nation and due to the sudden economic growth, the workforce moved away from the countryside and gathered in the big cities.” -Kazuo Kitai