Fine Print: Courtyard of the Meiji shrine, Tokyo, Japan, 1951 City Life

Fine Print: Courtyard of the Meiji shrine, Tokyo, Japan, 1951 City LifeWerner Bischof was given the assignment of photographing the war in Korea in 1951. The job took him through Japan, a country that won his heart. Bischof stayed in Japan for almost a year, discovering the countrys beauty and purity of design and ritual that must have reminded him of his early studio days. His time in Japan undoubtedly marks a high point in Bischofs oeuvre. The subject matter and the photographers sensitive, considered approach

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Burt Glinn became an associate member of Magnum in 1951

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