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A photo book "Letters of Saint-Lu. / Lettre a St.Lou." By Daido Moriyama, one of Japan's most respected photographers worldwide. After graduating from a design course at Kogei High School, became a commercial designer, became independent after working as an assistant for photographer Takeji Iwamiya and Hideko Hosoe. Activity from the 1960s continues to this day. This book is the first edition of a collection of works published in 1990. Saint-Leu, a small French city, was the place where primitive photography was invented by Nieppe in 1824. Daimichi Moriyama used to talk about "The Reality of Niepse Photography" in the dialogue of Takuma Nakahira, "Goodbye to Photography" (1972). In addition, the postscript says, `` I live in 1990 as an album of various lights and things I see every day, and at the same time I send it to that summer day Saint-Lu You can say that it is a private letter. " Both the casual city scenery and the objects projected for the objects are engraved with Moriyama-like contrasts of light and shadow. Obi missing.