60's (Vol 1&2)

Hajime Sawatari
60's (Vol 1&2)

Photographs: Hajime Sawatari

Publisher: Wides shuppan

252 pages

Year: 2001

Price: 100 €

Comments: Softcover under jacket, 23,8 x 21 cm. Out of print, b&w and colors photographs. Vol. 1 is in very good condition; Vol. 2 is in good condition other than slightly dirty on the edges.

This photobook contains photographs which were taken in the year 1960 or Showa 35. The Showa period in the Japanese calendrical system represents the reign of Emperor Hirohito which lasted for 65 years 1926-1989.

Such as ‘Kinky’’ which was published on Camera Mainichi including ‘A girl at play’.
Included also 60's 2 which consists of all color pictures compared with all black and white photos in ‘1960s’.

Born in 1940 Tokyo,Hajime Sawatari, Began to publish his works in photography magazines and elsewhere while still enrolled at at the Department of Photography, College of Art, Nihon University. After working for Nippon Design Center, he became a freelance photographer in 1966. Whilst working mailnly as a fashion photographer, he has been publishing his works in numerous magazines such as Camera Mainichi. He produced a large number of masterful works including Alice, inspired by Alice in Wonderland, and _Nadia, _which contains photos of an Italian fashion model (both published in 1973), and has since been continously operating in the front lines of his field.