Publisher's Description
The Adventure of Japanese Photography 1860-1890
Texts by Claudia Delank, Phillip March
Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg
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144pp; 120 colour illustrations, 24 x 30 cm
In 1963, the Italian photographer Felice Beato travelled to Japan and
opened a studio in Yokahama. Among his pupils was Kimbei Kusakabe,
who acquired Beato's negatives and those of the Austrian photographer
Raimund von Stillfried-Rathenicz after the studio was sold. Along with
works by these photographers, this volume also collects photographs that
have so far been considered anonymous. Conclusions can be drawn
about the way European photographers staged their image of Japan and
about the degree to which their Japanese pupils adopted this image.