Shima no Ama Hamish Hamilton featuring selections from all of

featuring selections from all of Sugimoto’s major photographic series

They encapsulate a defiant national spirit at a time when Billy Butlin’s original vision of ‘fun for all the family’ was under threat from cheap foreign travel and the faltering English weather

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We must all accept it as a fact

Shima no Ama Hamish Hamilton featuring selections from all ofFirst edition of Shima no Ama by Kusukazu Uraguchi (2024) First impression Large format hardcover in new condition. Pages clean, binding firm Text in English About For centuries, ama women divers have fed the Japanese imagination. These free divers collect abalone, shellfish and seaweed, the sale of which ensures their financial independence within the household. Kusukazu Uraguchi (1922 1988) has been photographing them in the Shima region, along the