Hyonchi Cho - Tokyo / 趙 炯治 - 東京, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 1966, Cho
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Hardcover, cloth bound in publisher's slipcase.
Photographer Cho Hyung-chi’s photobook Tokyo was published by Bijutsu Shuppansha in 1966. His work does not appear to have been published in any of the major photography magazines, and the only biographical information available is found in the book itself: “Born in Nagoya in 1940, graduated from Tokyo College of Photography in 1964.”
Despite his obscurity, Tokyo is a remarkable body of work, also featured in The Japanese Photobook 1912–1990 (2017), compiled by Ryuichi Kaneko and others. The book consists of snapshots taken on the streets of Tokyo, distinguished by intense close-ups and stark, high-contrast black-and-white photography. The images evoke the immediacy and energy of William Klein and Ed van der Elsken, while the rich photogravure printing further enhances their visual impact.
Although the work is in some respects characteristic of its period, few photographic books of the era convey such intensity through the snapshot aesthetic. Tokyo deserves to be regarded as a largely undiscovered masterpiece.
Bijutsu Shuppansha was also responsible for several other important Japanese photobooks of the period, including Kikuji Kawada’s celebrated The Map (1965) and Yasuhiro Ishimoto’s Chicago, Chicago (1969), placing Tokyo within a remarkable moment in the publisher’s history. (after Made in Wonder)
Artist: Hyonchi Cho
Pages: 122
Place: Tokyo
Year: 1966
Publisher: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha
Size: 26 × 27 cm (approx.)
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