KITAJIMA, Keizo

Shashin Tokkyubin Tokyo / Photomail from Tokyo

Tokyo: Paroru-sha (1980). First Edition. Small quarto. "Camp" poster bound in at front. While Kitajima's black and white photographs of Tokyoites have a decidedly Provoke sensibility, his color images signal a move away from Provoke towards a more Punk worldview. This transition becomes evident in Kitajima's next book, New York, which documents New York's East Village scene in the early eighties. Fine in wrappers, fine jacket (hint of light foxing at the verso), first issue publisher's obi.