{"product_id":"sweet-life-ed-van-der-elsken-1968-first-japanese-edition","title":"Sweet Life — Ed van der Elsken — Tokyo Photographic School — 1968 — First Japanese Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis first Japanese edition was published in June 1968 by Tokyo Photographic School, following the original international publication of 1966. Edited by Eikoh Hosoe and Atsuko Watanabe, it combines gravure reproduction by Tokyo Gravure Printing with letterpress printing and binding by Toppan. The original illustrated cardboard slipcase accompanies this copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSweet Life follows Ed van der Elsken and Gerda van der Veen on the fourteen-month journey they made around the world in 1959–1960. Travelling through Africa, Asia and North America, Van der Elsken assembled an intensely personal record of encounters, streets and everyday life. The sequence moves between intimate faces and wider scenes, connecting Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, the United States and Mexico through his direct engagement with the people he photographed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge images, deep blacks and pronounced grain give the book its distinctive visual force. Changes of scale and photographs extending across the spread turn the journey into a continuous reading experience, while the photographer’s commentary anchors the images in lived encounters. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhotography, text and layout:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ed van der Elsken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tokyo Photographic School (東京写真専門学院出版局), Tokyo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 June 1968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Japanese edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Eikoh Hosoe and Atsuko Watanabe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslator:\u003c\/strong\u003e 吉本普一郎\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePagination:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30 unnumbered pages and 179 pages of plates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 30 × 31 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover with original illustrated cardboard slipcase\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black-and-white photographs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGravure printing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tokyo Gravure Printing Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLetterpress printing and binding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Toppan Printing Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinted in:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e No ISBN identified for this edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e The original cardboard slipcase has substantial edge wear, tears, creasing and punctures. The opening shows light age toning. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tokyo Photographic School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54962865996114,"sku":"EVDE-SWEETLIFE-JP-1968","price":290.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/TODWEBB_copy_copy_1_1e985c26-379c-4ec7-91fa-7d908c4596fe.jpg?v=1791308616","url":"https:\/\/thedarwin.es\/nl-nl\/products\/sweet-life-ed-van-der-elsken-1968-first-japanese-edition","provider":"DaRWIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}