Takuma Nakahira

[gr82bart]

Fascinating read. A bit mortified and mesmerized too how he threw his prints and negatives into a bonfire.....
:-O

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/10/21/books/book-reviews/okinawa/

Some links to see his work (be aware some of these dredged up links are over 4 years old. Egad!):
http://post.at.moma.org/content_ite...ira-s-photographs-for-the-1971-paris-biennial

https://www.artforum.com/passages/id=56902

Dead Link Removed

Regards, Art

 

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Video of Nakahira. Still getting out on his bike with a Canon F-1 until the end:

 

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Recent appraisal of Nakahira's work:

 

[rwjr]

thanks for posting , i'm having a blast on photrio learning about all these photographers .