Taro Hirano – Los Angeles Car Club TOO MUCH Numerous tear-out postcards of the

Numerous tear-out postcards of the students’ work complete the volume

which in the long run was not compatible with his duties as Head of State

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Miki Soejima began working with photographs after completing her studies in cultural anthropology in Kyoto

Taro Hirano – Los Angeles Car Club TOO MUCH Numerous tear-out postcards of theJapanese photographer Taro Hirano is probably best know for his book Pool originally published in 2005 (reprinted in 2016). Beautifully simple photographs of empty and abandoned swimming pools used by skaters in Southern California. He brings the same architectural style to another American motif, car culture, photographing cars of all stripes (trucks, sports cars and 'beaters' are all given equal footing) as they speed down Los Angeles highways shot