Fifty Years of Photography 1930-1981 Hiroshi Hamaya PPS/Japanese/1981/225*263*13 Hiroshi Hamaya: Fifty Years of Photography 1930-1981 is a collection of photographs by Hiroshi Hamaya, a leading Japanese photographer. Hiroshi Hamaya is a leading figure in postwar Japanese news and documentary photography. In "Snow Country" (1956), he painstakingly recorded and depicted the lives of people living in harsh climates and working conditions, especially along the coast of the Sea of Japan, far from the cities. Then there is "Ura-nihon" (1957), a masterpiece that has left its mark on the history of Japanese photography. In addition, Hamatani left an immeasurable mark on the world of photography with his "Record of Anger and Sorrow" (1960), which documented the struggles and riots of the 1960s.