rinko kawauchi // rolleiflex 3.5f with fujifilm pro 400 or kodak portra 160 nc // xenotar or planar
hideaki hamada // pentax 67 ii with kodal portra 160 nc or 400 nc
daido moriyama // gr21 with kodak tri-x
"it may therefore be said that cold literature entails fleeing in order to survive; it is literature that refuses to be strangled by society in its quest for spiritual salvation. I also believe that if a race cannot accommodate this non-utilitarian sort of literature it is not merely a misfortune for the writer but also an indication of the utter spiritual impoverishment of that race" (p. 81 The Case for Literature).
"literary creation is basically a solitary form of work in which no movement or collective can assist; they can only strange it. It is only by resolving not to bec...