TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe
TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Photographs: Hitomi Watanabe

Publisher: Jiyusha

96 pages

Year: 2017

ISBN: 978-4-88503-826-6

Comments: Hardcover under dust jacket and obi, 15,5 x 23,2 cm, b&w photographs. In very good condition. Signed by Hitomi Watanabe . Out of print.

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Towards the end of 1960s, Hitomi Watanabe made acquaintance with a group of tekiya (street peddlers) marking out spaces on the day before a local festival. These street vendors - an integral part of folk fests and inner city scapes - come from nowhere, then soon move on. Watanabe followed and photographed them for three years.
Half a century later, the series is finally brought back to life in the form of this photobook published by Jiyusha and an exhibition at Zen Foto Gallery.

“They were some rough-and-tumble men, filled with fervor, wackiness and laziness. I rushed back to my place to grab my camera and immersed myself in taking pictures of those people as soon as I returned. After 10 minutes or so, I was surrounded by those men. A middle-aged lady yelled at me too, saying "if you take pictures you will be beaten half to death!" While I was expecting an immediate punch from somebody, this man who seemed to be a boss among the group came up close with his overwhelming body odor and told me to take photos of him. He was like a godsend to me. This is how I started my career as a tekiya street photographer.” — Hitomi Watanabe


Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

Hitomi Watanabe,TEKIYA (SIGNED)

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