Tracks of the City BENRIDO Yuki Kumagai

Yuki Kumagai

The place used to be a mecca for waka poetry composed in the Manyoshu

" the themes of her work

readers can appreciate the geometric patterns of the stone paths connecting the grounds to the main hall

Tracks of the City BENRIDO Yuki KumagaiThis is a reprint of a photobook originally published in 1979 as Shin Yanagisawa's first collection, featuring works capturing Tokyo between 1965 and 1970, right in the midst of the period of rapid economic growth. It documents the "transitional time and space" of the city, shaken by the waves of "scrap and build," where old streets were demolished and new structures rose. Yanagisawa maintained the consistent stance that "photography needs no words,"