Watabe Yukichi: A Criminal Investigation

From the Wilson Centre of Photography. First edition. Speckled cloth boards with paper inlays to front and back and black stamped lettering to spine. Integrated black elastic wrap-around band. Sheets uncut. No dust jacket as issued. A near fine copy. *** One of Watabe’s most acclaimed projects, A Criminal Investigation, documents a 1958 murder case in Japan, “the dismembered corpse case”. Full-page b/w photographs with occasional text. The reportage looks like a 50s film-noir. Unique and brilliant.