Publisher/邑元舎

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A collection of photographs of the Japanese photographer Jun Morinaga (1937-2018) "The River: Accuses". Jun Morinaga is also known for serving as an assistant to American photographer Eugene Smith who has sent Minamata disease to the world due to pollution. After graduating from the Department of Photography, Nihon University of the Arts in 1960, he joined the photography department of the Iwanami Film Factory in 1961, and joined Eugene Smith in 1962. Held a solo exhibition "Moment Monument" in 1969, and the following year, won the Japan Critics Association Newcomer Award. Since then, I have regularly presented works. This book is Morinaga's 1st photo collection, and consists mainly of photographs taken of the rivers of Tokyo (the Dobu River at the time). Photographs were taken in the early 60's, and the river surface covered with mud and oil and the flow of dead rivers, fish and other dead bodies, and riverbanks were shot. Kohei Sugiura, who created his own formality that looks at a black and white abstract painting, and worked on Kikuji Kawada's "map". It is one of the best content in the form of a photo book. "There are no real people appearing in the photos contained here, but to me, the undercurrents of the various mysteries of our time seem to be perpetually swirling in these photos." Eugene Smith.