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A Chance Photograph Is Not Skill: Nishimoto Kazutami and Yūbijuku

Nishimoto Kazutami, who runs the photography school Yūbijuku, spent many years working with images from the side that presents them, long before he taught anyone to make them. After graduating from Kanazawa College of Art, he worked in advertising and the record industry in Tokyo, then set out on his own as an art director. He created album covers for many of Japan’s defining...

2026.08.05