Cet album est une belle illustration de la vie des gens qui habitent les villes d’Osaka et de Kobe. Pris au cours des années 1981-1994, ces clichés documentent plus d’une décennie d’Osaka et les scènes de rue animées de Kobe, capturant la vie de chacune des villes à travers les individus et les familles qui composent sa population. De petites ruelles à des carrefours très fréquentés, toutes présentent et créent un récit visuel qui agit non seulement comme un commentaire social pour son époque, mais tisse une série d’instances fragmentées, formant un récit visuel qui dépeint à la fois la mémoire de Hitoshi Kondo ainsi qu’une conscience collective des villes et de ses habitants du Japon ; photos en n.b.
“From the beginning of the 1980’s into the 90’s – Showa Era to Heisei
Gritty Unrefined street scences-
Townspeople living amidst the floating, dense aromas of their existence-
No escape from clinging everyday life that follows them about
On one day, more than 30 years ago..At a certain time…Scenes; townspeople such as these indeed exist .
And, I was there-pressing the sutter as though something were propelling me.
Moments, captured in those days now gone, awaken unknown memories.
With hopes that they will beckon, taking you to a world within… ” – Hitoshi Kondo November 2014
Published in 2014 by Osaka based Vacuum Press, Hitoshi Kondo’s Town of People is a beautiful illustration of the lives of people who inhabit the cities Osaka and Kobe. Photographed during the years 1981-1994, Town of People documents more than a decades worth of Osaka and Kobe’s vibrant street scenes, capturing the life of each of the cities through the individuals and families who make up its population. Small alleyways to busy crossways all portray and create a visual narrative which acts not only as a social commentary for its time, but weaves together a series of fragmented instances, forming a visual narrative which portrays both Kondo’s memory as well as a collective consciousness of cities and its people from Japan.
