Signed, Leonard Freed, Shinkichi Tajiri, Seltsame Spiele: wie der Bildhauer Tajiri Mädchen und Metall zähmt, 1970

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Leonard Freed – Shinkichi Tajiri 

Seltsame Spiele: wie der Bildhauer Tajiri Mädchen und Metall zähmt: ein Fotobuch

Frankfurt am Main, Bärmeier & Nikel, 1970

Softcover

21×28 cm

Not paginated (around 120 pages)

Hand Signed and dedicated by Shinkichi Tajiri!

Front cover and first pages slightly dog-eared. Overall a very good copy. Please refer to the images.

Shinkichi Tajiri was born in Los Angeles on 7 December 1923, as a son of Japanese parents. He was a sculptor, first and foremost, but he was also involved with photography. In 1956, Tajiri took up residence in Amsterdam and in 1962 he moved to Kasteel Scheres in Baarlo near Venlo. Freed had wanted to be a painter, but began taking photographs in the Netherlands and discovered a new passion. He traveled in Europe and Africa before returning to the United States where he attended The New School and studied with Alexey Brodovitch, the art director of Harper’s Bazaar. In 1958 he moved to Amsterdam. (Wikipedia).