Publisher/写真公園林

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Japanese photographer Hiroshi Oshima's photo book "Lucky Town". Born in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture in 1944. After graduating from the Tokyo College of Photography, worked as a photographer, holding solo exhibitions since the late 1960s. Presented works set in Sanhei, a remote area adjacent to the town where he was born and raised, where a large-scale peasant uprising once took place. After moving to Tokyo, he visited many times and took pictures, and in the 1970s he held a solo exhibition of his work in the city, which was described as a "local photo exhibition" and became a hot topic. In addition, he has taught at Musashino Art University, Meiji Gakuin University, Kyushu Sangyo University, etc. for a long time.In the 1980s, he launched the photo review magazine "Shashin Equipment", and since the 1990s, he has published essays such as "Paris of Atget". Hiroshi Oshima was also active as a photographer and photo critic. This book is a book composed of illustrations recorded in the local Iwate prefecture for more than 20 years, centering on the above-mentioned representative work "Sanbei". The author's whole body of work, which is said to have been edited and composed with reference to the creative style of Kenji Miyazawa, a writer representing the region. The design by Hajime Suzuki and Sakito Otake is also wonderful.