Nagi No Hira - Fragments of Calm

First edition of Nagi No Hira- Fragments of Calm by Issei Suda. first impression. Medium format softback in fine condition, signed by the artist on the title page.

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This book has been published as a catalog to accompany the 'Suda Issei, nagi no hira -fragments of calm' exhibition, organized b the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. In his most famous series of work, 'Fushi Kaden'(1976), SUDA Issei succeeded in capturing the extraordinary that exists within the ordinary. He received high praise for these photographs, that direct our familiar landscapes, commonplace festivals or customs, etc. He is ranked, not only in Japan but also abroad, together with other photographers whose receiving attention for being peculiarly subjective, while simultaneously providing a new outlook on the standard images of Japan or Tokyo from an ethnological viewpoint.