Contact Sheet Print: Gardens of the Meiji temple, Tokyo, Japan, 1951 Size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm)

Contact Sheet Print: Gardens of the Meiji temple, Tokyo, Japan, 1951 Size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm)I am trying to tune into the Japanese soul in order to understand the relationships from within. most Americans approach the problems from the American side, doing everything according to how the Americans see things, and particularly in Japan that is a misleading thing that often resembles a distorting mirror. I believe that we have an intelligent group of reporters at Magnum, and some of us forget this sometimes and publish pieces of work which do

At the invite of Georgia’s Ministry of Culture

They seem utterly oblivious

and George Rodger in 1947

considered approach complement each other perfectly

the gap between unfamiliar and familiar in a world of flux becomes a home of sorts

So the fixed image ruled the day

Henriques’ decisive

the rural area where he grew up

The subjects are almost always looking at the camera

The resulting book

The photographer was allured by the similarities he saw between southern Europe and Latin America: “As I kept going back

creating spaces where one doesn’t feel like a stranger