Photography

小島 一郎 (Ichirō Kojima) 1924–1964, a Japanese photographer is one of my favorites so it seems appropriate to wrap up the year with a few of his images. He published only one photo book: " Tsugaru: Poetry, Writings, Photography " by Ichiro Kojima (1963 / LE ...  

cheers PAt

beautiful pictures.

in capturing the landscape and harsh winter conditions of the time. 3 & 4 are my favourites and I wouldn't mind framing those too. Thanks for sharing. Best Wishes for the holiday season. Fernando

hopefully get a chance to see Kojima's photo book... ; )

The first one with steam from the train merging into the clouds is amazing and somehow unsettling. The last one is so good and I can understand you having a copy of that. Thank you for showing them. Regards Kev.

which I understood to tend toward contrast...

Best wishes Alkiro

and last image irresistibly conjure to me Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Affecting images Casey. Cheers, Filip

That last photo was taken by Ichiro Kojima near Inagaki (Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture) in 1960. See map below. I also indicated the cities of Hirosaki and Aomori (city) were I stayed in January 2017. Even in 1960 the area of Tsugaru was remote and beautiful...  

Fabulous, thanks Casey for introducing 小鳥 to all of us.

In between lunch and dinner engagements I stopped by the photo museum in Ebisu to look at the work of Ichiro Kojima. They had both the original (1963) version and the reprint from 2014... so I could compare both copies of " Tsugaru: Poetry, Writings, Phot... 

This is just amazing work. It’s when you are again reminded that unless you prioritize composition nothing else really matters.

He was photographing the area where he lived, so there was a familiarity with the subject matter. As well his major body of work was done when hardship was the norm... a feeling which he captured and which resonated with the public at that time - and stil... 

Thanks for sharing these — the last of the four is most impactful to me.

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We all say we love this photographer or we love this watch but it’s when one commits to acquire that we get to know a person just a bit more. I can’t say that one can figure out a person through a buy but it’s definitely a good starting point for understa... 

Great choice of a repost. Many here can learn from this post.

which i think was an amazing image. It made me think, so this is Casey.