Issei Suda - Simon Baker

An illuminating introduction to little-known photographer Issei Suda, who captured the soul of Japan old and new.

The work of Issei Suda (1940–2019) is distinct in contemporary avant-garde Japanese photography for its celebration of the beauty of the everyday. His black-and-white pictures reflect on the apparent banality of urban life, capturing "the little surprises usually ignored in our world": the shadow of a figure, the shapes of the street, the expressions on strangers' faces. Suda's practice revealed the tensions between old and new Japan, juxtaposing the ingrained visual traditions
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