Cover Design: Takashi Homma

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Part 2: Present Japanese Photo Scene and Art Direction –Masayoshi Nakajo / Kaoru Kasai / Makoto Saito / Hideki Nakajima / Junichi Tsunoda / Koichi Hara / Koji Mizutani / Gugi Akiyama
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Takashi Homma
Born in Tokyo in 1962. He left Department of Photography, Nihon University, Tokyo in 1984. From 1985 to 91 he worked at Light Publicity, Co., Ltd., and he lived in London from 1991 to 92. From 1993 he lives and works in Tokyo. He won the 24th Kimura Ihei Memorial Photography Award in 1999. His photo books include ‘TOKYO SUBURBIA’, ‘BABY LAND’, ‘HYPER BALLAD: Icelandic Suburbun Landscapes’ .