Name: Issei Suda (Photofile)
Brand: Simon Baker

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9780500297353

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Limited edition

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2024-08-15

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Hachette

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Simon Baker

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Art & Photography

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Thames and Hudson

Thames & Hudson is an international publisher of beautifully illustrated books. With a passion for visual culture, their titles cover a wide range of subjects including art, architecture, design, fashion, popular culture, photography, history, lifestyle, children’s and gift.

Founded in 1949 by Walter and Eva Neurath, Thames & Hudson remains an independent family-owned company. Today they are one of the world’s leading publishers of illustrated books with over 2,000 titles in print.

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An illuminating introduction to little-known photographer Issei Suda, who captured the soul of Japan old and new.The work of Issei Suda (1940–2019) is distinct in contemporary avant-garde Japanese photography for its celebration of the beauty of the everyday. His black and white pictures reflect on apparent banality of urban life, capturing ‘the little surprises usually ignored in our world’: the shadow of a figure, the shapes of the street, the expressions on stranger's faces. Suda’s practice revealed the tensions between old and new Japan, juxtaposing the ingrained visual traditions of Japanese culture with the prevailing western vocabulary of fashion, advertising and leisure, as seen through his observant and tender lens.

Issei Suda (Photofile)

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Discover Issei Suda (Photofile) by Simon Baker. An illuminating book on the soul of Japan through the lens of little-known photographer Issei Suda. Published by Thames and Hudson.