A.D.1991

Keizo Kitajima
A.D.1991

Photographs: Keizo Kitajima

Text: Yasuo Kobayashi & Ito Toshiharu

Publisher: Kawade Shobo Shinsha

157 pages

Year: 1991

Comments: Hardcover under dust jacket, with obi, 270 x 300 mm. First edition, 1991. Text in english and in japanese. In very good condition, some traces of foxing on dust jacket. Included in The Photobook : A History vol. I, pg. 301.

"Kitajima alights on two facets of the modern city- the anonymous International Style architecture of the city's commercial quarter and the distracted expressions of its citizens as they travel the hectic, crowded streets. By cutting between long views of the urban topography, taken when devoid of people and traffic, and close-ups of individuals during busy workdays, he draws a comparison between the stern, calm anonymity of the corporate architecture and the anxious denizens scurrying in the shadow of the buildings. Kitajima may make an obvious point, but he makes it with verve and elegance, in the manner of a contemporary Yasuhiro Ishimoto."

Parr & Badger, The Photobook: A History