Publisher/Gomma Books

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Keizo Kitajima's photo book "Modoru Okinawa (Unopened)", one of the leading photographers in modern Japan. After studying at Daido Moriyama's workshop photography school, from the high-impact snaps stored in Shinjuku, New York, etc. from the late 70's to the 80's, taken with dignity and respect for human beings from the mid-1980s to the 1990s. Keizo Kitajima continues to play an active role on the front lines while changing his style according to the times, from quiet portraits to solid landscapes. This book is composed of illustrations recorded in Okinawa, which I visited with my comrades in the mid-1970s before the founding of CAMP. After the Vietnam War, a group of works that mercilessly snapped the appearance of American soldiers, prostitutes, drunks, young people, etc., set in the strange atmosphere of the entertainment district "Koza" where locals and Americans coexist. An unforgettable and forgotten photographer who couldn't find the inevitability to publish as a photobook at that time in such a vivid reality, fully announced to find the meaning of a new work. The truth of Okinawa that should not be done. Limited to 1000 copies. With edition number. New unopened.