In a recent post on photo-novellas, Marc Feustel of eyecurious mentioned two children books by Eikoh Hosoe and Betty Lifton. I just received Taka-Chan and I, (1967). I love the book and so do the offspring.
The ‘about the photographer’ page pretty much explains the book and the spirit in which it was made:
“One day Eikoh Hosoe, the photographer of this book, was walking on a lonely beach in Japan, now and then taking pictures of the ocean, the beach, and of a small girl sitting on some rocks. He was startled by a Weimaraner dog which appeared unexpectedly from right out of the ground. Mr. Hosoe couldn’t believe what he saw, but before Runcible’s departure from Japan they had a long talk. Runcible told Mr. Hosoe about his adventure. Runcible was very proud to know an outstanding free-lance photographer who had received so many awards for his pictures. Mr. Hosoe gave Runcible copies of his three photo-essay books, Killed By Roses, Ondine and Why, Mother, Why! The two have been firm friends ever after.
See scans of the whole book here.
I’m a sucker for the Japanese pet books. There are a lot on cats – notably Araki’s Chiro My Love and Fukase’s The Cat & Strawhat Cat.
Also love that French photographer Ylla’s books from the 50s.
Yes cats need equal time:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-1964-MOURKA-AUTOBIOGRAPHY-OF-CAT-Le-Clercq-Swope_W0QQitemZ390167964652QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAntiquarian_Collectible?hash=item5ad7d2abec
LRM
and off topic,
the worst title for a photo book ever:
CAMERA EYE-DEAS OF LOU FELDMAN
http://cgi.ebay.com/CAMERA-EYE-DEAS-OF-LOU-FELDMAN-1978-1ST_W0QQitemZ380213804698QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAntiquarian_Collectible?hash=item5886823e9a
LRM
Might have to do a post on bad book titles. This is one of my least favorite (by a Minnesotan photographer, no less):
http://www.amazon.com/Chased-Light-Journey-Jim-Brandenburg/dp/1559716711