New and Notable Photobooks: Chris Killip’s Ode To An English Fishing Village

In the early 1980s, celebrated British photographer Chris Killip chronicled life in the small fishing village of Skinningrove. 40 years later, this powerful, humanist body of work is finally seeing the light of day.

Book Review: Yamabito, the Mountain People by Osamu Sato

In the 1970s, an unassuming Tokyo salaryman used his one day off each week to journey into the mountains of Gunma Prefecture, an 8×10” view camera in tow. Leaving the city behind, he trekked—first by train, then by bus, and finally on foot—until he arrived at the remote villages there.