First edition of Photo Cabaret by Seiji Kurata(1982).
First impression
Large format softcover in vintage condition. comes with original belly band
Some very minor wear to extremities of the cover
Pages slightly toned, binding firm.
The dust jacket has some toning and minor wear, please see pics for reference.
About
Seiji Kurata, born in 1945 in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1968. He taught at the high school level and worked in oil painting, printmaking, and experimental film. He trained with Daido Moriyama at an independent photography workshop, the Shashin Photography Workshop Group, in 1976. Kurata won the fifth Kimura Ihei-Asahi Award in 1980 for his first book, Flash Up. For the black-and-white photographs in this book, Kurata used flash and a medium-format camera, resulting in a detailed portrait of a world of bosozoku, gangsters, right-wingers, strippers, transvestites, and so on. These are familiar themes; but in his highly polished, detailed work, Kurata has an unerring instinct for images that suggest stories. Photo Cabaret and 80’s Family continued in this direction.
