Publisher/結婚生活社

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"A Small Life: Fort Documents: Its Life and Death" is a photo collection by leading Japanese photographer Katsuo Kenmochi. Amid the globally popular Japanese photography scene of the 1960s and 1970s, centered around artists from VIVO, PROVOKE, and CAMP, this unique man's presence must not be forgotten. Katsuo Kenmochi, a photographer who, for over 40 years, published reportage in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the National Police Agency, launched the "Drug Elimination Campaign" to put a stop to the "drug vortex" spread by American soldiers after Japan's defeat in the war. Furthermore, to avoid secrecy and human rights violations in drug investigations, he mastered the abstraction of photographic expression through innovative photographic techniques and the use of mechanisms. He utilized these techniques to develop a unique worldview in the artistic expression of "sexuality" and "eroticism." This rare photographer, active not only as a journalist but also as an artist, is a rare figure. This book focuses on little-known images of fetuses, with the aim of putting a stop to induced abortion. Fetuses are being lost one after another due to the convenience of adults. This is an ambitious work by Kenmochi, who hopes that through his illustrations of these creatures, who have already begun to live with their own will, people will gain a new understanding of life and death.