New York

Edition : First / Tokyo / Biyakuya-shobo / 1982 / Hardcover. / VG+ / VG+
4to, unpaginated (ca 260pp). Black boards in printed dustwrapper. Numerous Black & White plates. Text in English and Japanese.

Kitajima’s lamdmark work, in the vein of Weege or Klein, documents both the chaotic streetlife and underbelly of early 80s New York. His images highlight the stark juxtapositions and quiet desperation of city life and, in the tradition of the flaneur, his eye zooms in on the passing celebrity, occasional decadence, and random displays of outrageous behavior. Absolutely incredible, I have a feeling Parr put it in the photobook vol.3, well deserved too.

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