Shomei Tomatsu
The above image from Japan’s Knowing Shutterbug: An atomic bomb survivor chronicles a nation’s unraveling, and rebirth. By Deborah Garwood.
The Love/Hate World of Shomei Tomatsu
Shomei Tomatsu, Brookman noted, “transformed the notion of documentary photography from more formal concerns…into a much more emotional image-making…He didn’t simply settle into one style.”
The latter, combined with Tomatsu’s reluctance to travel abroad, may help explain his relative obscurity in the west.”
SF MoMA interactive feature: The Skin of the Nation –Shomei Tomatsu
The above photo from Yalepress.
Thanks Hal for Sho(w) me (i) reminder.