Publisher/芦屋市立美術博物館

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This book is a catalog photo book published at the time of the exhibition "Ashiya Camera Club 1930-1942" held at the Ashiya City Museum of Art in 1998. An amateur photography group that was active in Kansai before the war. Most of the professionals at that time, even amateurs, were sales photographers, and it was the amateurs who supported fine-art photography. Along with Naniwa Photo Club and Tampei Photo Club, Ashiya Camera Club was a leader in prewar avant-garde photography in Kansai. The main members are Iwata Nakayama, who returned to Japan after working abroad, which was rare at that time, Yoshinosuke Kotani, who also supported financially as a patron, Kiyoji Goryeo, who has wonderful portraits and nude works, and a photo material store in Ashiya. Hanaya Kanbei who ran and made contact with the members. As a coterie, there are nearly 30 names in a row, but in this book, in addition to the four names mentioned above, a total of six works by Kenichiro Yamakawa and Shigezo Matsubara are included.