Publisher/晩聲社

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"Discology" is a photo collection by Japanese photographer Katsumi Watanabe. Katsumi Watanabe was known as a wandering photographer, wandering the streets and taking portraits for 200 yen in a set of three. He started walking around Shinjuku at night from the mid-1960s, taking photos of night workers, young people, homeless people, homosexuals, delinquents, and yakuza, and was fascinated by Shinjuku, the theater of life where many dramas were born. This book is a photo collection mainly depicting the "disco tribe" taken from the mid-1970s onwards. After becoming a freelancer and becoming famous as a wandering photographer, he was unable to sell his photos, was struggling to make ends meet, and felt like he was at a dead end in both photography and life, when he happened to hear Bob Marley's music. He found pleasure in reggae, and began to take an interest in music that he had no interest in at all, and just as he decided to try his best again, he headed to a disco. This is a documentary by the photographer himself, who felt the pleasure of dancing, became interested in having fun, and was attracted to the disco tribe, who played shamelessly. This book is from Banseisha's Yagenbura selection, with cover design by designer Kohei Sugiura.