Man and Woman

Eikoh Hosoe
Man and Woman

Photographs: Eikoh Hosoe

Text: Taro Yamamoto, Ed Van Der Elsken, Tatsuo Fukushima

Publisher: Camerart, Inc, Tokyo

60 pages

Pictures: 33

Year: 1961

Comments: Hardbound with dust jacket; 23,7 x 18,1 cm. The book him self is in very good shape with a tight binding and no humidity spots.The dust jacket has a few minors defaults(see pictures). The slipcase is not in good shape the obi is missing. ref Parr & Bager vol 1 p 279 ; Bertolotti, p.158.

The first publication of Eikoh Hosoe. We can feel his devotion for surrealism and his love for the dance expression. This book is very important and novator cause of the graphism of the book and the contrast between the strong gravure and the powerfull colors of the text pages. Also when the book is fully open we can see a yellow frame all around the pictures due to the yellow cardboard. After seeing that book Van der Elsken was so impressed cause of the pictures and the quality of the high printing than he asked Hosoe to show him his printer. Some years later sweet life will be publish with the same gravure type.