UK77 : Digging My Way to London by Shinro Ohtake - 2004

Tokyo: Getsuyosha, , 2004. Rilegato (hardback). Perfetto (Mint). Diario giornalierio di Shinro Ohtake con fotografie e illustrazioni. Edizione in inglese e giapponese. 8vo (cm 26,5x19). pp. 400 ca. Perfetto (Mint). Prima edizione (First Edition). Libri fotografici 3 [Parr, Badger, 2014] Parr Martin, Badger Gerry, The Photobook: A History III. London, Phaidon 2014. An established Japanese artist since the 1980's, Shinro Ohtake has produced dozens of books incorporating collage, drawing, painting, and photography. In 1977 at the age of twenty-two, Ohtake spent a stretch of time in London, documenting the city through photographs, drawings, paintings and scrapbooks. What emerged during this productive period is a grim portrait of London still mired in the drab leftovers of the 1960's, but with odd glimmers of excitement through the emergence of punk and other subcultures. Alongside this portrayal of the city is a lonely depiction of youth, with the artist himself sketching figures in pubs, parks and on… Read More