This 2006 limited-edition monograph presents the work of the legendary Japanese photographer Shoji Ueda (1913-2000), whose retrospective exhibition “A Subtle Line” was on tour in Europe from 2005 to 2008.

Ordinary people, landscapes, and street scenes seem frozen before his camera and yet these images gradually reveal the characters of their subjects. More than 150 subtle black and white photographs, originally published in Camera Mainichi (Japan’s renowned photo magazine like Life) from 1974 to 1985, are exquisitely reproduced in this volume. The book features a yellow cloth cover with a clear acetate protective jacket. We have only one copy available for this out-of-print item.

An essay by Gabriel Bauret in Japanese/English.