Hajime Sawatari – SHOWA (1994) | Hiroko Isayama Photobook
SHOWA, photographed by Hajime Sawatari and published by Takarajimasha in 1994, features actress Hiroko Isayama. The book presents a series of primarily black-and-white photographs that evoke the atmosphere and image of women associated with Japan’s Showa era.
Alongside portrait-style images, the work also includes scenes with a subtle erotic tone, captured through Sawatari’s refined photographic perspective. Hajime Sawatari is a Japanese photographer known for the iconic photobook Alice, and this volume offers an interesting example of Japanese photographic expression from the 1990s.