Ed van der Elsken
Yakuza gangster, Osaka, 1960
silver gelatin print, analogue barite print on Ilford neutral tone paper
Paper: 30 x 40 cm
Photo of a young gangster man in the Kamagasaki neighbourhood, Osaka. These gangsters are more or less really dangerous cats - you never know for sure, of course. But later...
Photo of a young gangster man in the Kamagasaki neighbourhood, Osaka. These gangsters are more or less really dangerous cats - you never know for sure, of course. But later i heard that such men in certain situations are capable of very nasty things. Guns for hire to the highest bidder, political or commercial.
Literature
Van der Elsken, Ed. Nippon data & After. Tokyo: Shoseki and Nadiff Ltd. through The Sakai Agency, 2000. p. 13.