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DOMON, KEN & TOMATSU, SHOMEI.
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Document 1961.
A masterful publication illustrated with dark gravure reproductions of Domon’s and Tomatsu’s
photographs of the aftermath of the atomic bomb explosions. Square 4to, gray-stamped white
boards; with the accompanying booklet of scientific and historical data laid in; card chemise and
original printed card slipcase, lightly worn. Parr/Badger I 274.
FIRST EDITION
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SIGNED BY TOMATSU
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Np:The Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1961
[5,000/7,500]
Ken Domon’s ascetic documentarian photographs (first seen in his book “Hiroshima” published three years earlier)
paired with Tomatsu’s more symbolic, expressive images rawly memorialize the trauma of the atomic bomb. In
contrast to Domon,Tomatsu represents a younger generation looking for new, more expressive ways of representing
the Japanese crisis.Tomatsu’s “Nagasaki 11:02,” published seven years later, revisited many of the images found
here and fully realized these new, powerful tropes of representational photography.
The accompanying informational booklet by the Japan Council Against the Atomic & Hydrogen Bombs both
balances and strengthens these artistic forces.