畫面核心主角(左一)就是桑原甲子雄本人。 拍攝於大約 1970 年。當時桑原甲子雄正擔任重要攝影雜誌的總編輯,而站在他身旁的這三位年輕攝影師。桑原作為編輯與前輩,非常有遠見地大力提攜並引進他們的精神,打破了日本傳統紀實攝影的框架。
THE CENTRAL FIGURE OF THE IMAGE (FIRST ON THE LEFT) IS KINEA KUWABARA HIMSELF. TAKEN APPROXIMATELY IN 1970. AT THAT TIME, KUWABARA WAS SERVING AS THE CHIEF EDITOR OF A MAJOR PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE, AND THE THREE YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS STANDING BESIDE HIM WERE BEING FEATURED. AS AN EDITOR AND SENIOR, KUWABARA HAD THE GREAT VISION TO STRONGLY SUPPORT AND INTRODUCE THEIR SPIRIT, SHATTERING THE FRAMEWORK OF TRADITIONAL JAPANESE DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY.