Denen no utsushigata [Method of Shooting in the Fields].

£570 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

This is Ueda Shoji’s first book, volume 42 of the ARS Shashin Bunko series, which was essentially a photographic manual. ARS asked the best-know photographers at the time (amateur professional) to share their secrets with their readership. For photographers it was a welcome opportunity to showcase their work under the increasingly difficult circumstances of censorship and tough commercial conditions. Very rare.

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