This is a re-edited version of "Walking with Leica" by photographer Kazuo Kitai, which appeared in the monthly magazine "Nippon Camera" from January 2005 to December 2006. It contains photographs of things that happened in the author's daily life or that he found during his walks, recorded with a Barnack Leica, and shows the existence of small "gifts" that everyone has the opportunity to encounter in their daily life. He photographed these "gifts" without putting much effort into them, as if expressing "me" as I am, and we can see that his pure eyes are focused on them. He believes that the impetus for these photographs came from his declining physical strength, and this book also serves as an interim report of what he discovered as a result. As a young man, Kitai spent his youth photographing the struggles between employers and workers, student movements, demonstrations, and other violent scenes. This book gives a sense of a different calm and introspective mindset from those days, as he "walks" along.
