NAGISA HOTEL
なぎさホテル
Hajime Sawatari
(沢渡朔) cover a.:cover a. I am able to see

I am able to see from within this rich culture that tells many stories of youth and fame that expand beyond the small world of skateboarding and speak of human commonalities

energy and HOPE

I am not sure how the editing takes place

Youth likes change

for years at a time

NAGISA HOTEL<br />なぎさホテル<br />Hajime Sawatari<br />(沢渡朔) cover a.:cover a. I am able to seeI took these photographs around 1963 and 1964 at Nagisa Hotel in Zushi, Nagisa Hotel in Shinagawa, and Chigasaki Beach. The subject was my girlfriend, her initials Y. O. Back then I worked at a design firm in Ginza, Tokyo, and I photographed them in seven or eight sessions we had on my days off. It was my hope to have them published in the monthly magazine Camera Mainichi, but Shoji Yamagishi, the editor, did not approve. It has been 50 years since