Kashima Kenkyujo Shupankan  Tokyo, Japan 1967  Hardbound in Slipcase

Ikko Narahara.  Where Time Has Stopped, 1967. First edition of Narahara's first book. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Blind-stamped cloth. Housed in an illustrated paper over boards slipcase with acetate cover.

Hardcover book with 135 black-and-white and color gravure illustrations by Japanese photographer Ikko Narahara. Essays by Narahara and Jun Eto. Like other members of the short-lived but highly influential Vivo agency, Narahara broke with dominant modes of documentary photography that emphasized clear story telling, and pursued a more individual and subjective vision. A travelogue of sorts, Where Time Has Stopped records the photographer's travels in Europe from 1962-1965. The off-kilter, expressionist compositions bear the unmistakable mark of William Klein--whose influence on post-war Japanese photography cannot be overstated--yet are entirely more stark and surreal. "More than once," Narahara has said, "I had the impression that the spirit of my photographs achieved a detachment and freedom of the soul close to nothingness: what is called Zen"

Housed in an illustrated paper over boards slipcase with acetate cover. Blind-stamped cloth. Near fine condition. 5 cm tear at the bottom edge of acetate jacket where book is slipped into the slipcase, acetate jacket shows some small light creases to the top and bottom edges. Slipcase shows some light soiling to the top and bottom edges, back top edges lightly creased. Binding tight (a rarity as this title is notorious for loose binding) and no foxing or creasing on any pages. An excellent example of a book that is very difficult to find in fine condition.

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