Horizon Far and Away 1968-1977

First Edition, 2012. 436 pages.

Book measures 10.5 x 7.5 inches. Paper-covered boards with obi, in yellow glassine dust jacket. Signed by Dodo Shunji on the front endpaper. A very intriguing and comprehensive volume covering a vast amount of work. The book is printed on various paper stocks and is a well designed and engaging work. 

Divided into alphabetical sections, Horizon Far and Away is a visual collection of memories revisited through the existing photographs from his archives. Capturing events such as the students protest at Tokyo University in 1969 to personal moments shared with his wife Setsuko and the birth of his first born son in 1974, the images within serve as both archive and memoir into the years of 1968-1977, a world in which was lived and photographed by Dodo reflecting his photographic journey from a young adult and the many social upturns and changes which would symbolize the era of post-war Japan. Contains an interview in Japanese text only conducted by Suzuki Hiroshi entitled ‘An interview on “memories” as proof of the life I live.’ A Postscript by Shunji Dodo in English text.

Near Fine in solid binding. Glassine dust jacket shows a few closed tears near top spine. My opinion is the book is better off without the somewhat fragile dust jacket.