Fine Print: Courtyard of the Meiji shrine, Tokyo, Japan, 1951 Paris the 2017 book from which

the 2017 book from which this image is taken

But maybe this search is precisely the creative element in the photographer’s work

as well as the resilient nature of the city’s inhabitants

capturing how this man and his vision of America touched us with steadfast idealism and humanity

Fine Print: Courtyard of the Meiji shrine, Tokyo, Japan, 1951 Paris the 2017 book from whichWerner Bischof was given the assignment of photographing the war in Korea in 1951. The job took him through Japan, a country that won his heart. Bischof stayed in Japan for almost a year, discovering the countrys beauty and purity of design and ritual that must have reminded him of his early studio days. His time in Japan undoubtedly marks a high point in Bischofs oeuvre. The subject matter and the photographers sensitive, considered approach