Takashi Hamaguchi - The Shudders of Narita Airport Published: 1978 | Purchased 10/24/2019 | $12 | Historical context (wiki) | Historical context Kikujiro Fukushima - Testimony and Testament Published: 2013 | Purchased 11/9/2019 | $12 | Author Bio Ken Domon - Ken Domon's Shōwa 4 Published: 1995 | Purchased 1/27/2020 | $7 | Kikujiro Fukushima - War will Begin Published: 1987 | Purchased 10/17/2021 | $12 | This was it, the set of photos that got Fukushima stabbed and his house set on fire. Kikujiro Fukushima - Report from the Battleground 1969-1977 Published: 1977 | Purchased 6/2/2021 | $30 | | Historical context (wiki) | Historical context Takashi Hamaguchi - Dissidents Published: 2016 | Purchased 7/?/2021 | $15 | Historical context Vietnam Anti-war Struggle 1965-69 Published: 2013 | Purchased 11/3/2019 | Free Takashi Hamaguchi - Document Japan Published: 1987 | Purchased 10/1/2020 | $10 | Historical context (wiki) | Historical context Hitomi Watanabe - Tokyo University Protests 1968-1969 Published: 2007 | Purchased 9/10/2021 | $12 | Historical context (wiki) | Historical context Hitomi Watanabe - Tokyo University Protests 1968-1969 Published: 1987 | Purchased 10/1/2020 | $12 | Historical context (wiki) | Historical context Shisei Kuwabara - Ailing Empire: Russia Published: 1995 | Purchased 8/1/2021 | $3 | Historical context (wiki) | Historical context2 (wiki) Kazunori Yoshida - To Live as a Human Being: The mentally disabled living in modern society Published: 1975 | Purchased 3/24/2022 Tadao Mitome - Memories of the Narita Protests Published: 2008 | Purchased 4/6/2022 | $20 | Historical context (wiki) | Historical context Kurihara Tatsuo - Anger is our Daily Bread Published: 1969 | Purchased 9/12/2022 | $12 Ume Kayo - Umeme Published: 2006 | Purchased 12/10/2019 | $7 | Ume Kayo - Umep Published: 2010 | Purchased 11/15/2019 | $3 | Ume Kayo - Noto Published: 2013 | Purchased 7/?/2021 | $5 | Shots of the author's hometown of Noto, Hokkaido Daisaku Nishimiya - Himitsukichi Published: 2009 | Purchased 1/12/2020 | $7 | Author's Site | Non Nakamura - 70'HARAJUKU Published: 1995 | Purchased 10/8?/2020 | $7 | Bits from 70's Japan. Nakagin Capsule Style Published: 2020 | Purchased 11/8/2021 | $15 | On the Nakagin Capsule Tower |

Photobook scans online are exceedingly rare, especially material of Japanese photographers. Older books often had only one printing run and the people who buy this stuff are the kind to hold onto it until they're 6 feet under. It's typical to see 70's photobooks reaching unattainable prices never to be scanned. I'm discovering my tastes in regards to what I'm willing to pay for and the type of photos I aspire to take. Just thinking about photographers dedicating their time to something truly obscure also makes my imagination bloom, trying to think what their rationalizations are and the day-to-day that gave birth to their perspectives. For that, I have no regrets in shelling over a few shekels for some sun-blasted books.

currently after: