Books of the Day: "Dear Old Days" Volumes I-III by Ryoji Akiyama
From the publisher: "The 1982 photobook Dear Old Days by Japanese photographer Ryoji Akiyama [is] finally available again as a reprint published by Seisodo. For the series, a young Ryoji Akiyama visited China–coinciding with the ten-year anniversary of the normalization of Chinese-Japanese relations–and photographed Chinese children in various parts of the country. Akiyama portrayed the children within the boundaries of play to capture them from an intimate distance. The book is a stellar example of Akiyama’s sharp observation and photographic sensibilities." Now available, along with two further volumes. Books of the day! (Seisodo, various years)