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"Faces of Japan (Hardcover)" is a photobook by Australian photographer Bob Davis. Published by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), which provides overseas business information, supports the overseas expansion of small and medium-sized enterprises, and promotes investment in Japan, this book is thought to be a photobook published overseas with the aim of introducing Japan. As the opening text says, books about Japan that have been published up until now have only emphasized beautiful things and places, and have hidden the everyday lives and natural appearance of Japanese people, but this book aims to introduce such an unadorned Japan. From the cover cut reminiscent of Martin Parr's "Small World", the photos were taken in various locations such as cities, rural areas, seaside and tourist spots, and pastoral scenes such as peddlers, old ladies playing pachinko, sumo wrestlers practicing and walking their dogs, cherry blossom viewing and Shibuya's scramble crossing, traditional culture, and everyday urban life are depicted. Even scenes that can never be beautified, such as cars dumped on the beach and overflowing trash cans in tourist spots, are firmly introduced. Hardcover edition.