Akihiko Okamura
The Memories of Others
$70.31
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
23 April 2024
Summary
Published as a collection for the first time, these arresting and poetic images of Northern Ireland reveal a rarely examined facet of the oeuvre of a celebrated twentieth-century war photographer. Akihiko Okamura became a renowned war photographer during the first years of the Vietnam War and later, as he documented wars in Biafra and the Middle East. In 1969, he moved from Southeast Asia to Dublin. From there, Okamura traveled frequently to Derry and other parts of Northern Ireland to docume…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783791393247 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3791393243 |
| Author: | Trish Lambe, Masako Toda, Pauline Vermare, Sean O'Hagan |
| Publisher: | Prestel |
| Imprint: | Prestel |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 23 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 279mm |
Critics Review
“Japanese photographer Akihiko Okamura captured the Troubles as never before” - The Guardian
Trish Lambe
TRISH LAMBE is Artistic Director of Photo Museum of Ireland in Dublin.
MASAKO TODA is a Japanese photographic historian.
PAULINE VERMARE is a curator of the exhibition on Okamura at the Photo Museum of Ireland in Dublin.
SEAN O’HAGAN is a journalist for the Guardian (London).
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