SAWATARI HAJIME
Nagisa Hotel
Published by Super Labo, 2015
Book size 21.6 x 28 cm
Pages 32 pages
15 Images(b/w) 5 images(color)
Softcover (hand-sewn)
Limited edition of 800
SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
ISBN 978-4-905052-89-0
I took these photographs around 1963 and 1964 at Nagisa Hotel in Zushi, Nagisa Hotel in Shinagawa, and Chigasaki Beach. The subject was my girlfriend, her initials YO Back then I worked at a design firm in Ginza, Tokyo, and I photographed her in seven or eight sessions we had on my days off. It was my hope to have them published in the monthly magazine Camera Mainichi, but Shoji Yamagishi, the editor, did not approve. It has been 50 years since then and my wish has finally been fulfilled.
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I took these photos around 1963 and 1964 at the Nagisa Hotel in Zushi, the Nagisa Hotel in Shinagawa, and Chigasaki Beach. The subject was my girlfriend, her initials were YO. At the time, I was working at a design company in Ginza, Tokyo, and I photographed her in seven or eight sessions on my days off. I hoped to publish them in the monthly magazine Camera Mainichi, but Shoji Yamagishi, the editor, did not approve. It has been 50 years since then and my wish has finally come true.