Takuma Nakahira: Theory, Politics and Experience of Photography

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“Every day I don’t hold on to a great hope,” said Japanese photographer and critic Takuma Nakahira (Tokyo, 1938-2015) in Masashi Kohara’s documentary The Man Who Became a Camera: Photographer Takuma Nakahira (2003). “On the other hand, I smoke Short Hope. It’s like shooting: I don’t catch the whole world in one shot, but every day I have a little hope of reaching it,” he added with irony, alluding to Japanese cigarettes Hope in its short version…