Kishin Shinoyama - A Fine Day (First Edition) - 1975

A Fine Day (First Edition)

Kishin Shinoyama
Heibonsha/1975/Japanese/308*230*38

Photographer Kishin Shinoyama's photobook ‘A Fine Day’. This volume represents a seminal work from his early period, originally published in 1975. It comprises a series serialized in Asahi Graph magazine over a six-month period starting April 1974. The cover states: “A groundbreaking photobook opening new horizons in documentary photography.” With the physical responsiveness of an animal, he pounced on events, discovering within them a void of time illuminated by the wilderness sun, and captured a unique photographic vision where strange richness and barrenness emerged. A straightforward, simple gaze, free of artifice. This collection encapsulates Kishin Shinoyama's stance and vision as a photographer. It is the photographer's own documentary, compiling subjects that captivated Shinoyama at the time—from celebrities like Koichi Wajima, Momoe Yamaguchi, Shigeo Nagashima, and Yoko Ono to the general public, and from uniquely Japanese phenomena like Mount Fuji, major earthquakes, typhoons, and the rainy season to the political, economic, and social landscape of Japan in the 1970s. Japanese photographer Kishin Shinoyama's photobook ‘A Fine Day’. This volume represents his seminal early work, published in 1975. It consists of a series originally serialized in Asahi Graph magazine over a six-month period starting April 1974. The cover states: “A groundbreaking photobook opening new horizons for documentary photography.” With the physical responsiveness of an animal, he pounced on events, finding within them a void of time illuminated by the wilderness sun, creating unique photographs where strange richness and barrenness emerged. A straightforward, simple gaze, free of artifice. This collection encapsulates Shinoyama's stance and vision as a photographer. It is the photographer's own documentary, compiling subjects that captivated Kishin Shinoyama at the time—from celebrities like Koichi Wajima, Momoe Yamaguchi, Shigeo Nagashima, and Yoko Ono to the general public, and from uniquely Japanese phenomena like Mount Fuji, major earthquakes, typhoons, and the rainy season to the political, economic, and social landscape of Japan in the 1970s.