"First Encounters with Light in Photographic Art" Exhibition

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

Finished

Artists

Daido Moriyama et al.

With "light and shade" - one the starting points for photographic art - as its theme, this exhibition takes a look at photographic expression from a variety of points of view, in light of diversification with the arrival of digital photography in recent years. Taking photographs, video works by Japanese photographers as well as other resource materials from the museum's collection, the exhibition will also present the latest for of some of the world's leading photographers, revealing to visitors the new possibilities within photography and film.

•"Light and Shade" Cafe + Gallery Talk:
To coincide with this exhibition, artists taking part in this exhibition are being invited to talk about their work and their artistic activities.
For more details about dates and times and to make a reservation, please check the museum's homepage (Japanese only).

[Image: from "Light and Shade" by Daido Moriyama, 1981]

Schedule

Dec 23 (Sat) 2006-Feb 18 (Sun) 2007

Opening Hours Information

Hours	10:00-18:00 Closes at 20:00 on Thursdays and Fridays.
Closed	Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Closed during the New Years holidays.

Fee

Adults ¥500, University Students ¥400, High School and Junior High School Students + Over 65s ¥250, Elementary School Students and below + Disabled People and helper: Free

Venue

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
http://topmuseum.jp/e/contents/index.html

Location

Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, 153-0062 Tokyo

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Access

7 minute walk from the East exit of Ebisu Station on the JR Yamanote and Saikyo lines, 11 minute walk from exit 1 at Ebisu Station on the Hibiya line.

Phone

03-3280-0099

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