Issei Suda: Human Memory
Issei Suda: Human Memory
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This book brings together 246 carefully selected photographs from the vast number of photographs taken by Issei Suda over the past 30 years, from his early works to the present. The works, taken on the streets of Tokyo and all over the country, vividly highlight the "human memories" hidden in the landscapes and the activities of the people who live there.
The cover design, created by book designer Suzuki Hitoshi, also contributes to highlighting the book's unique worldview.
It's my personal curiosity that stops me staring.
It is only after the object of one's personal interest has been frozen in time that one realizes it is a product of a particular era.
If my eyes become the eyes of the times and are reduced to the memories of different individuals, this is nothing other than the universality of the "photograph" itself, which is possessed by the borrowed subject.
The appearance of people and fragments of time reflected in the landscape can become threads of personal memories for the viewer. Even for me, the work is merely evidence of a phenomenon. Memory lies hidden behind it. (From the afterword)
●16th Domon Ken Award winning work (1996)
[Title] Human Memory
[Publisher] Cleo
[Publication date] December 1996 (first edition)
[Number of pages] 246 pages
[Size] Approx. 30.9 x 23.5 x 2.7 cm / Approx. 1.54 kg
[Format] Hardcover
[Title reading] Human Memory
[Authors/Editors] Kazumasa Suda (author), Kakuzo Akahira (editorial director), Hitoshi Suzuki and Kiyoko Hirota (book design)
[Printing] Toppan Printing, Yuzo Hasegawa/Printing Director
[ISBN] 4-87736-001-8
[Condition] Used [4] Average to below average (slight distortion overall, slight discoloration on three sides, slight stains, slight creases on top and bottom of cover, slight discoloration on spine, stains on endpapers)
[Accessories] None
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Issei Suda (1940-2019)
Born on April 24, 1940 in Kanda, Tokyo.
He dropped out of the Faculty of Law at Toyo University and enrolled in Tokyo College of Photography.
In 1967, he became the exclusive photographer for Tenjo Sajiki, a theater laboratory run by Shuji Terayama.
In 1971, he left the Opera House and became a freelancer.
He is known for his unique style of capturing the mysterious hidden in everyday life and the strange in familiar landscapes. His tense expressions have been described as "Suda-style."
His representative works include "Fushi Kaden," "Monokusa Shui," and "Fragments of Everyday Life."
In 1976, he won the Photographic Society of Japan Newcomer Award for "Fushi Kaden," in 1985 he won the 1st Higashikawa Award for Domestic Photography for "Fragments of Everyday Life" and other works, and in 1997 he won the 16th Domon Ken Award for his photo collection "Human Memory."
Passed away on March 7, 2019.
