Issei Suda｜Minyō Sanga & Monogusa Shūi

Issei Suda (1940-2019), began his career in 1967 as a stage photographer and documentarist of the avant-garde theatre group “Tenjō Sajiki”, a theatrical troupe directed by poet-playwright Terayama Shuji, later working as a freelance photographer in 1971. His works capture a subtle tension between the ordinary and extraordinary and embodies a sense of mystery in his depictions of the unusual in everyday life. His ability to portray the connection between the inner and the outer, revealing only a fragment of his subjects innermost feelings sets him apart from his contemporaries and situates him in a unique position within the history of Japanese photography.

For this special edition, 6 images were selected in collaboration with Issei Suda’s wife Yoshiko Suda from his series Minyō Sanga and Monogusa Shūi.

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