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Shomei Tomatsu - Oh! Shinjuku (おお!新宿 | 東松 照明), Shaken, 1969, Tokyo

 

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In “Oh! Shinjuku“, Tomatsu not only recorded the raffish nightlife, but also photographed the great 10:21 rallies, the massive anti-Vietnam War demonstrations that took place in Shinjuku on 21 October 1968, says Badger. “Politically active, Tomatsu protested through his images, and he helped the student and union protestors with photographic technique so they could make their own viable document of the protest movement itself.” (British Journal of Photography)

Pages: 96
Place: Tokyo
Year: 1969
Publisher: Shaken
Size: 26 x 18 cm (approx.)


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Softcover, with 4 publisher ads laid in.

In “Oh! Shinjuku“, Tomatsu not only recorded the raffish nightlife, but also photographed the great 10:21 rallies, the massive anti-Vietnam War demonstrations that took place in Shinjuku on 21 October 1968, says Badger. “Politically active, Tomatsu protested through his images, and he helped the student and union protestors with photographic technique so they could make their own viable document of the protest movement itself.” (British Journal of Photography)

Pages: 96
Place: Tokyo
Year: 1969
Publisher: Shaken
Size: 26 x 18 cm (approx.)


Included in "The Japanese Photobook, 1912–1990" by Kaneko Ryuichi & Manfred Heiting
>> see more picks from that book

Included in "The Photobook: A History Volume I" by Parr/Badger
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