Publisher/立風書房

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A photo collection by Japanese photographer Katsuo Kenmochi, "This is Drugs: A look at the roots of modern illnesses through photographs." Katsuo Kenmochi is famous as a journalist who has pursued drugs for over 40 years since 1960, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, under the name of the "Drug Ban Campaign." In order to avoid confidential matters and human rights violations in investigations, he has devised shooting methods and technical ingenuity, and has developed abstract photographic expressions into artistic expressions, and has fully demonstrated his originality not only in the field of drug issues but also in "sexual liberation" and "eroticism." Kenmochi has continued to produce unparalleled works in both the "recording" and "creation" of photographs, and this book is a revised and updated version of his collection published in 1984. The book is divided into three parts: "Drugs," "Addiction," and "Search," and is more simply organized than "Flashback," published in 1998. Drugs were brought to Japan by American soldiers after the war and caused a nationwide flood. In the 1960s, Japan was mocked as a "drug powerhouse" because the penalties for drug dealers and smugglers were light and even if they were arrested, it was only a minor offense. This is a reportage by Katsuo Kenmochi, who wanted to photograph this reality and appeal to society. Published in 1988, 4th printing.