SHIGEKAZU KAWAMURA
OSAKA
Photographer: Shigekazu Kawamura
Author: Daido Moriyama
Self published, 1978
Book size 25.5 x 18.2 cm
Pages 160 pages
Softcover
Language Japanese
Signed by the artist
First edition
Condition fair - fragile book
Kawamura was a close friend of Daido Moriyama. Published as a private edition in 1978, the book consists of photographs of the city Osaka, incorporating Castle, Cui-daore dolls, Glico neon, Tsutenkaku and other landmarks... A dynamic composition with full images with close up.
At the end of the book, we find a text written by Daido Moriyama: "On the way": "I was watching the madness of his Osaka for more than 4 years", so I have a period of 4 years to shoot. It seems that it was done."
"This book, which is a collection of fragments of reality, was undoubtedly supported by Shigekazu Kawamura's feelings, but he refused to decipher his feelings." (Daido Moriyama)
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Kawamura and Moriyama were very close. This book was self-published somewhat privately in 1978. It consists of photographs of Osaka, its castle, the Cui-daore dolls, the Glico neon lights, the Tsutenkaku tower and other monuments...
At the end of the book, Moriyama wrote a text entitled "On the way": "I watched the madness of his Osaka for more than 4 years"... The composition of the book is dynamic and similar to Moriyama's books. The neon lights, advertisements and other decorations of the city, human faces, all are projected in close-up, on a full page.
"This book, which is a collection of fragments of reality, undoubtedly imbued with the feelings of Shigekazu Kawamura, feelings that he nevertheless refused to reveal."
(Daido Moriyama).