Magnum Editions: Mount Fuji, Japan, 1999 Framing:Custom White Frame

Magnum Editions: Mount Fuji, Japan, 1999 Framing:Custom White FrameIn the late 90s Chris Steele Perkins embarked on a three year project on Mount Fuji, after his Japanese wife gave him a book by 19th century master printmaker Katsushika Hokusai, 36 Views of Mount Fuji. He was struck by the verisimilitude of the prints as historical documents of the life and beauty of the area. Steele Perkins set out to record a 21st century response through the eyes of a sympathetic gaijin (foreigner). Fuji, as seen by Steele

when he changed from black and white to medium format colour in the early 80s his first major project was about New Brighton

A decade after Enoch Powell’s infamous speech on immigration

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Magnum’s archives are a repository of the masterpieces of photography for the past half-century

from which this image was taken

Territorially and politically

Born to Greek immigrant parents in the American South

“I am trying to tune into the Japanese soul in order to understand the relationships from within

bringing Capa much critical acclaim

Marilyn Monroe watching the shooting of Desiree

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as well as an eagerness to explore new territories