Publisher/Humboldt Books

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Giappone 1970 is a collection of works by Carlo Mollino, an Italian architect and designer who also maintained his own unique aesthetic as a photographer. This book is a compilation of travel records taken when Mollino visited Japan in 1970 to inspect the Osaka Expo, depicting the cityscapes, temples, gardens, people, and everyday scenes of Kyoto, Tokyo, and Osaka in delicate monochrome tones. The compositions, which are focused on his architectural gaze, quietly reflect the contrast between Japan's traditional culture and the rapid modernization of the time, making it more than just a travel photograph, but a visual essay that also includes cultural and spatial considerations. In particular, Mollino's unique aesthetic philosophy is exuded in his way of capturing urban landscapes and his gaze on anonymous subjects, making it a poetic and detailed fragment of a journey where East and West, past and present intersect.