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"The Transformation of Narcissus / Photo Imagination (Signed)" is a photo collection by Japan's leading photographer, Katsuo Kenmochi. He is a representative photographer of postwar Japan, mainly from VIVO, PROVOKE, CAMP, etc. In the Japanese photography world of the 1960s and 1970s, which is now highly popular worldwide, we must not forget the presence of this unique man. Katsuo Kenmochi. He is a photographer who has continued to publish reportage in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the National Police Agency for over 40 years, calling it the "Drug Expulsion Campaign" to put a stop to the "drug vortex" that spread by American soldiers after the defeat in the war. Furthermore, in order to avoid secrecy and human rights violations in drug investigations, he mastered the abstraction of photographic expression by ingenuity in shooting methods and use of mechanisms, and using his techniques to find a unique worldview in the artistic expression of "sex" and "eros", making him a rare photographer who was active not only as a journalist but also as an artist. This book is a world of eroticism where Kenmochi's artistry is fully demonstrated. According to the author, "This is not a photo book, but a 'photo imagination.'" At the end of the book, there is also a detailed text about the special techniques used. Romanticism by a photographer who has mastered both the art of recording and the art of creating.
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