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Great, rare title of the Japanese photographer Yukichi Watanabe documenting the life of Eskimos in Alaska in captivating black and white images. Included in M. Heiting - "The Japanese Photobook 1912–1990".

Photographer Yukichi Watanabe, whose work is undergoing renewed appreciation, documented police officers investigating a murder case in the 1950s. This photographic record was published as the photo collection “A Criminal Investigation” and “Stakeout Diary”. Supported by journalist Shigeru Tamura since the postwar period, Watanabe worked as a freelancer from the 1950s onward, traveling extensively both domestically and internationally to continue his reporting. 

This volume is one of the rare photo books Watanabe left behind during his lifetime, featuring works shot in Alaska Eskimo. Accompanying the Alaska Scientific Expedition for a feature in the inaugural issue of the magazine Taiyo, he documented tribes living primitive lives inland and along the coast. Taken in the early 1960s, it took 17 years for this collection to finally be compiled into a photobook. By the time of its publication, the lives of the tribal people had already become thoroughly modernized, making this a precious volume capturing an unknown way of life. 

Book in very good condition, firm binding, interior clean, no notes or markings, minor stains on first and last pages (see photo), Dustjacket also in very good condition with some wear along edges.

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Yukichi Watabe - Alaska Eskimo - 1978

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