Publisher/朝日ソノラマ

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Japanese photographer Katsuji Fukuda's photo book "Ode / Psalm (Fair Copy)". Katsuji Fukuda, a'smart photographer'who has been active since before the war, along with Ihei Kimura and Ken Domon. Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, after working at Olympus after moving to Tokyo, he moved to Kansai and worked as an editorial assistant for the phantom photo magazine "Hakuyo", which was presided over by Hakuyo Fuchigami, who contributed to the emergence and development of modern photographic art. Since then, he has been active mainly in the world of commercials, pursuing the world of "beauty" and "art", focusing on "woman", "nude", "still life", and "city / landscape". From the mid-1930s, "Asahi Graph" serialized portraits and shooting techniques with actress Setsuko Hara as a model, and the collection of works "How to copy a woman" became a bestseller. This book is the 19th issue of the "Asahi Sonorama" series, a collection of works by 27 famous photographers published in the latter half of the 1970s. A three-part composition consisting of "Women" and "Still Life", which can be said to be Fukuda's masterpieces, and a snap landscape set in "Italy". (Jacket edge shavings and tape repair marks)