Hiroji Kubota

Hiroji Kubota began his career by assisting photographers René Burri, Burt Glinn, and Elliott Erwitt on their visit to Japan in 1961. In 1965 he joined Magnum Photos, producing major bodies of work, many in book form, on the United States, Japan, China, North and South Korea, and Southeast Asia. His numerous publications include From Sea to Shining Sea: A Portrait of America (1992) and Out of the East: Transition and Tradition in Asia (1999). Alison Nordström (introductory essay) is an independent scholar, curator, and writer. She was senior curator of photographs at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, from 2004 to 2013. She is currently scholar-in-residence at Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; curator for international programs at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Massachusetts; and artistic director of Fotofestiwal Łódz in Poland. Elliott Erwitt has made some of the most memorable photographs of our time, from his observations of daily life to portraits of iconic personalities, including Marilyn Monroe and Che Guevara. Erwitt has produced more than twenty-five books, including Eastern Europe (1965), To the Dogs (1992), Personal Best (2010), and Kolor (2013). Mark Lubell is executive director of the International Center of Photography, New York. He served as director of Magnum Photos, New York, between 2004 and 2011. Chris Book is executive director of Aperture Foundation, New York. He was previously director of Magnum Photos, London and New York, editorial director at Phaidon Press, and publisher of his own list of photobooks, Chris Boot Ltd.