Japan: A self portrait. Photographs 1945-1964

Paris: Flammarion, 2004. A near-fine copy with slight rubbing to jacket. 10 x 12 inches. 216 pages. Text in English. Original red boards in pictorial dust jacket. "Documentary photography that captured the horrors of war shifted to focus on the human strength for survival and solidarity. By the mid-1950s, Japan was at a crossroads between tradition and modernization, a contradiction immortalized by the most talented photographers of the time. Chosen for aesthetic merit and content, these 150 photographs are accompanied by essays from renowned Japanese experts, covering historical, social, and photographic perspectives" (The Publisher). (Inventory #: 409637)