Signed, Yoshimasa Okimatsu - Snapshot - 1984

Snapshot

Signed, Yoshimasa Okimatsu
Self-Published/1984/Japanese/195*220*23

Photographer Yoshimasa Okumatsu's photobook ‘Snapshot’. Yoshimasa Okumatsu, a photographer active primarily from the 1970s to the 1980s, had his work serialized in magazines like Asahi Camera and Camera Mainichi. He also served as a photography educator, including at Musashino Art University. This book is a self-published collection from 1984, composed of snapshots taken in his hometown of Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture, from the late 1970s through the 1980s. While exhibiting characteristics of so-called ‘contemporary photography’—such as casual everyday scenes, a moderate distance from subjects, and a restrained stance—the psychological depictions of people, the meticulously calculated compositions, and landscapes that appear almost like abstract paintings clearly reveal a foundation of solid technique and exceptional sensibility. Production assistance by Masahiro Minato. Signed by the photographer. (Included in The Japanese Photobook 1912–1990)