Harrison Forman (1904-1978) was a prominent photojournalist, explorer, author, and fellow of the American Geographical Society. As a foreign correspondent, Forman’s images and articles appeared in the New York Times, Times of London, Life, Look, Collier’s, Harpers, and Reader’s Digest.
Forman traveled the world with the eye of an anthropologist. He was fascinated by the lives, culture, economies, governments and infrastructure of each place he visited. Known in his heyday as the “Modern Day Marco Polo,” Forman was often the first Westerner to have access to the people and places he visited and seemed to always be in the right place at the right time, witnessing significant moments in history and documenting them with his photography.
Take a look at life in Tokyo in the 1970s through these 30 gorgeous pictures taken by Forman:
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| People enjoying the sun |
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| Pedestrians |
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| Billboard advertising movie |
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| Billboards outside movie theater |
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| Amusement park |
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| Pedestrians crossing street in Tokyo business district |
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| Department store |
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| Entertainment theater |
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| Bookstore |
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| Pedestrian mall at Ginza shopping district |
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| Pedestrians |
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| McDonalds at Ginza pedestrian mall |
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| Boy using telescope on Tokyo Tower |
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| Ginza |
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| Modern low cost housing |
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| Pedestrians crossing street in Ginza district |
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| San-ai building at the main Ginza Yon-chome crossing |
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| Sidewalk artist |
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| Women with umbrellas walking past small shops |
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| May Day demonstration |
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| Building with a confection store restaurants and coffeehouses |
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| Theater |
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| Theater Tokyo |
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| Suzuran Street at Ginza |
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| Small drugstore |
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| Family at pedestrian mall |
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| Girl looking at toys |
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| People watching parade |
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| Men posing for portraits on street |
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| Waiting in line at supermarket |
(via
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries)
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