Views from Japan

Name: Views from Japan
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9783958291775
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Views from Japan chronicles the unique journey of filmmakers Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck as they explore their passion for collecting Japanese photography. This memoir reveals their adventures, challenges, and triumphs in acquiring rare photographic masterpieces, particularly those from before the 1970s. The book offers an intimate glimpse into their personal collection and the stories behind each prized image.
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Ideal for enthusiasts of Japanese art and photography, collectors, and anyone interested in the intersection of visual arts and personal memoirs.

Description

Most collectors have their own unique attractions and approaches to the objects of their collecting. This volume features the adventures of Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck, two renowned filmmakers who began collecting Japanese photography more than a decade ago, and whose ongoing hunt seems indeed like a Hollywood movie.

A memoir about their love of Japanese photography and their experiences collecting it, Views from Japan makes available a selection of rare masterpieces from their extensive collection, along with a personal "script" recounting how they scouted, debated, selected and ultimately acquired many of the works. This was no small undertaking considering the rarity of some of the images, particularly those taken before the 1970s.

The result is a distinctly personal presentation of one of the great private collections of Japanese photography in the world.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783958291775

Publisher: Steidl Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 October 2017

Country: Germany

Imprint: Steidl Verlag

Illustration: Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

Contributors:

Edited by Manfred Heiting

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 340.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 1720g

Pages: 144

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck are filmmakers whose writing credits include American Graffiti, Lucky Lady, French Postcards, Best Defense, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Radioland Murders. They also worked on the screenplays for the original Star Wars and the first Mission Impossible. Both are members of the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Huycks have been collecting Japanese photography since 2002 and have assembled an encyclopedic collection of images from the nineteenth century to the present. Manfred Heiting is a designer and editor of photo publications and a collector of photobooks focusing on the period between 1886 and 1980. He has designed and edited extensive surveys of German, Soviet and Japanese photobooks. Heiting is currently working on surveys of Czech and Dutch photobooks.