"Spherical Dualism of Photography: The World of Eikoh Hosoe" Exhibition
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At Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
Media: Photography, Art Talk
Eikoh Hosoe, a photographer who searches for the essence of storytelling in his work, was born in Yonezawa City in Yamagata Prefecture in 1933 and was brought up in Tokyo. Since he was inspired by his father to start taking photos when he was fifteen, he has been photographing since both before and after the Second World War.
This exhibition will present a retrospective of many of his representative works, as well as some photographic childrens' books that have never been exhibited in a solo show of his before.
For details of related talk events, please see the venue's website (Japanese only).
[Image: "Man and Woman", Work No.33, 1960]
Schedule
From 2006-12-14 To 2007-01-28
Artist(s)
Website
http://www.syabi.com/details/hosoe.html (Japanese)
Fee
Adults ¥500, University and High School Students ¥400, Junior High and below + handicapped people and one helper: Free
Venue Hours
From 10:00 To 18:00
thursdays closing at 20:00, fridays closing at 20:00
Closed on Mondays
Address
Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, 153-0062 Tokyo
Phone: 03-3280-0099 Fax: 03-3280-0033
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細江英公と土方巽、細江英公と三島由紀夫、細江英公と大野一雄…。本展覧会で強烈に印象付けられるのは、細江の卓越した写真技術はもちろんのこと、被写体との出会いも挙げられるであろう。写真において外すことのできない側面の一つが、この写真家と被写体との関係である。
Chronicling an alternate Japanese history
By Monty DiPietro
Japan Times New Art Scene
One reason Hosoe trails Araki in recognition factor, and Hiroshi Sugimoto in auction prices, might be that unlike these other elders of Japanese photography, he has focused on themes that Japan would rather not deal with.
Hosoe's use of mixed-race couples and the roughly equal roles given to male and female subjects in these photographs also advanced an eroticization of the male that ran against the norm back then, and continues to even some 40 years later ...
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Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
Schedule: From 2006-12-14 To 2007-01-28
Address: Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, 153-0062 Tokyo
Phone: 03-3280-0099 Fax: 03-3280-0033
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