GIAPPONE 1970

In 1970, Mollino arrived in Osaka for the Universal Exposition. It was a long journey, with stop-offs in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo a nd Kyoto. He had a camera with him and, little by little, he grew to love a civilisation which he then scarcely knew. He was fascina ted by the women, the traditional places (temples, gardens and pagodas), but also by the new architecture, the details in the constr uctions and the swarming crowds. Mollino captures a Japan suspended between ancient rituals and modernity, which over the years to c ome was ...[Read more]