A Fine Day / Hareta Hi [FINE]

First edition, 4to.; illustrated throughout in color with very slight foxing to colophon; publisher notes laid-in; gray endpapers; black leatherette boards stamped in gold; original acetate dust-jacket printed in white, unpaginated [348 pp] with 230 images, 11.5 x 8.5 inches. Lacking the slipcase. As one of the best-known commercial photographers in Japan, who also gained notoriety for a series of shocking photographs of writer Yukio Mishima, Kishin Shinoyama masterfully creates cinematic-like sequences from the mundane and ordinary. Composed from numerous double page full-bleeds in rich saturated colors, Shinoyama s A Fine Day / Hareta Hi presents a rich visual experience that encapsulates both the intensities and subtleties of contemporary Japanese culture. Covering a broad range of subjects, from arresting landscapes to theatrical portraits of politicians, Shinoyama astutely combines the journalistic and the personal into a unique and highly subjective vision of postwar Japan. A scarce book and almost certainly one of Shinoyama s best. Included in Badger/Parr's The Photobook: A History, Vol. I, p 303. NOTE: We ship our books only via USPS Media Mail (with insurance & tracking). International (ie, non-USA) customers please NOTE: The standard shipping cost quoted by Biblio is often much less than the actual shipping cost (with insurance & tracking). When you place your order, Ipy Books will first notify you as to the actual shipping cost; you can then determine whether you want to pay for your order.