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“New York Is” by Takayuki Ogawa & “71 New York” by Daido Moriyama

This post features 2 street photography books shot in New York by 2 different Japanese photographers. The first book New York Is is by the late Takayuki Ogawa. In April 1967, Takayuki Ogawa travelled to New York with his wife Wakako and spent about a year taking photographs. When I first looked through the photographs featured in...

Jun Abe: Kokubyaku Note 2

Osaka-based street photographer Jun Abe’s latest offering “Kokubyaku Note 2″ or “Black & White Note 2” was released at the end of last year by Vacuum Press. I have been a big fan of Abe’s work since discovering his earlier books, “Citizens” and “Kokubyaku Note” (see this post). “Kokubyaku Note 2″  features more of Abe’s wonderful street photographs. The following are...