Publisher/集英社

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"A Portrait of America" is a collection of works by Japanese photographer Hiroji Kubota. Born in Kanda, Tokyo in 1939, Kubota encountered Magnum photographers visiting Japan while studying at Waseda University. He moved to the United States in the early 1960s and began his career in photography. He honed his skills while taking photographs in Chicago, joined Magnum Photos in 1965, and later became a full member, making him a rare figure who has continued to work internationally. This book, which was shot in the United States between 1988 and 1992, following coverage of the 1968 US presidential election, Okinawa, Vietnam, and various parts of Asia, demonstrates a focus on society and history through individual portraits, rather than simply depicting landscapes or symbolic events. Kubota's gaze, balancing journalistic immediacy with a sense of distance, emerges as a detailed portrayal of people, transcending distinctions of class, race, and occupation to reveal the complex layers of American society. Published in 1992, this book has the power to quietly question how portraits relate to society, and what photography can do to capture memory and history.