Hiroshima. (SIGNED)

One color and 164 black & white photographs of the Japanese city and its inhabitants, taken in the decade after the first American atomic bomb attack of August 6, 1945. Fine gravure printing. ”The events are recorded in a careful and respectful way, as if the act of making the book could somehow begin the process of reconciliation and healing” (Gerry Badger). Text by Ken Domon. Designed by Shigejiro Sato.

Lit.: Hasselblad, The Open Book, pp. 170/171 – Parr/Badger, The Photobook: a History, vol. I, pp; 274, 275; Auer, 802 photo books from the M. + M. Auer collection, 382.

This copy has been signed by Ken DOMON.

• Tokyo, Kenko-sha, 1958
• First edition
• Folio (355 x 262 mm.) 176 pp. Black cloth-covered boards and an illustrated dust jacket (with a reproduction of a painting by Joan Miro), in a white printed paper-covered slipcase (somewhat discolored).