Publisher/Zen Foto Gallery

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This book is a collection of works from the unit CLOWN, consisting of Japanese photographer Masahiro Nogami (Mike Nogami) and art director and designer Masami Takahashi, entitled "SHIBUYA 1999". Speaking of Nogami, he is famous for his work in the music scene, just like the master Masayoshi Sukita, whom he studied under. Influenced by his university classmate Haruomi Hosono, he deepened his friendship with musicians, and his documentary work "Happy Snapshot Diary: Tokyo" is well known. And as the title suggests, this book is set in Shibuya just before the 21st century, and as you can imagine, it introduces the street fashion and culture of "gals" and "kogals" that originated from "Shibuya 109" through their portraits. This is a valuable document of the era when legendary brands such as Cecil MacBee and Egoist were popular, when Japanese people admired and imitated the West, and when "fashion originating in Japan" was born, such as Comme des Garcons and Yohji in the 1980s and gal fashion in the 1990s.