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Raymond Depardon “Depardon / Tokyo 1964-2016”
Chanel Nexus Hall
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One of France’s top photographers, Raymond Depardon is a member of the world’s leading photo agency, Magnum Photos. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his reportage of the fierce civil war in Chad and boasts great achievements in the field of photojournalism. In addition, his photographs of beautiful scenery and unpretentious images of people from around the world have proved very popular among the public.
He first visited Japan in 1964, at the age of 22, to photograph the Tokyo Olympic Games. Although he had only just begun his career, the more than 2,000 monochrome photographs he took at this time already displayed his unique powers of observation and outstanding skill at composition. Starting with Tokyo, Depardon was to go on to photograph the Olympic Games in Mexico, Munich, and Montreal, his work winning high acclaim for its combination of reportage with a strong human touch. He published a selection of the works he had produced up until the 1980 Moscow Olympics in a photo book entitled “J.O.” (first published: Seuil Beaux Livres, 2004) that remains a bestseller. His coverage of the Tokyo Olympics also marked his first visit to Asia, though subsequently he was to return many times to photograph the city of Tokyo.
Now in the run-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic/Paralympic Games, Depardon visited Tokyo in 2016, this time to photograph the city in color. He says, ‘Color is an important element linked to the rural scenery of my youth, and the vastness of nature or culture I witnessed when I was in Africa during the 1960s to photograph the intense situation that existed there.’ These works stand out for the beauty of their mellow yet rich colors, embodying what the French philosopher, Clement Rosset, describes as ‘The Sweetness of Reality.’
This exhibition will introduce photographs of Tokyo that Depardon took in the past together with the new color works. This body of work not only presents us with aspects of Tokyo that go unnoticed in our daily lives until picked up through the sharp eye of this outstanding photographer, but can also be said to symbolize the past and present of this world-respected artist who is also well-known as a filmmaker.
He first visited Japan in 1964, at the age of 22, to photograph the Tokyo Olympic Games. Although he had only just begun his career, the more than 2,000 monochrome photographs he took at this time already displayed his unique powers of observation and outstanding skill at composition. Starting with Tokyo, Depardon was to go on to photograph the Olympic Games in Mexico, Munich, and Montreal, his work winning high acclaim for its combination of reportage with a strong human touch. He published a selection of the works he had produced up until the 1980 Moscow Olympics in a photo book entitled “J.O.” (first published: Seuil Beaux Livres, 2004) that remains a bestseller. His coverage of the Tokyo Olympics also marked his first visit to Asia, though subsequently he was to return many times to photograph the city of Tokyo.
Now in the run-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic/Paralympic Games, Depardon visited Tokyo in 2016, this time to photograph the city in color. He says, ‘Color is an important element linked to the rural scenery of my youth, and the vastness of nature or culture I witnessed when I was in Africa during the 1960s to photograph the intense situation that existed there.’ These works stand out for the beauty of their mellow yet rich colors, embodying what the French philosopher, Clement Rosset, describes as ‘The Sweetness of Reality.’
This exhibition will introduce photographs of Tokyo that Depardon took in the past together with the new color works. This body of work not only presents us with aspects of Tokyo that go unnoticed in our daily lives until picked up through the sharp eye of this outstanding photographer, but can also be said to symbolize the past and present of this world-respected artist who is also well-known as a filmmaker.
Schedule | Sep 1 (Fri) 2017-Oct 1 (Sun) 2017 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||
| Website | http://chanelnexushall.jp/en/program/2017/depardon/ | ||
| Venue | Chanel Nexus Hall | ||
| Location | 4F Chanel Ginza Bldg., 3-5-3 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061 | ||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit A13 at Ginza Station on the Ginza line, 1 minute walk from exit 5 at Ginza-itchome Station on the Yurakucho line. | ||
| Phone | 03-6386-3071 | ||
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