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Kentaro Kumon "Smoke and Steam"
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Kentaro Kumon
LAG is pleased to announce the exhibition of Kentaro Kumon’s photographs “Smoke and Steam” from Friday, June 27, 2025, to Saturday, July 19, 2025.
The Olympus Pen FT, which he inherited from his father when he was a freshman in college, was nothing like what he wanted. It was just a worn-out old camera; even its mirror needed a bond to attach it. Until then, he had never taken a picture, but once his father taught him how to use the camera and release the shutter, the scene in front of him was captured clearly in the photograph, even with such a camera.
This exhibition, “Smoke and Steam,” will display and sell a carefully selected collection of the vast number of photographs taken with that camera over a year in 2023. The compositions and the contents of the exhibition will be very different from the exhibition of the same title, which opened at Roll at Iidabashi in 2024. Twenty-five years have passed since the day he first released the shutter. This work was taken with the camera that inspired him to pursue a career as a professional photographer — maybe the trail that led him and his photography to the future through the team-up with his only father and his only camera.
Along with this exhibition, we will release a photo book of the same title, and only a few copies of the first edition remain in stock. The artist’s talk will also take place during the exhibition, so please look forward to it.
The Olympus Pen FT, which he inherited from his father when he was a freshman in college, was nothing like what he wanted. It was just a worn-out old camera; even its mirror needed a bond to attach it. Until then, he had never taken a picture, but once his father taught him how to use the camera and release the shutter, the scene in front of him was captured clearly in the photograph, even with such a camera.
This exhibition, “Smoke and Steam,” will display and sell a carefully selected collection of the vast number of photographs taken with that camera over a year in 2023. The compositions and the contents of the exhibition will be very different from the exhibition of the same title, which opened at Roll at Iidabashi in 2024. Twenty-five years have passed since the day he first released the shutter. This work was taken with the camera that inspired him to pursue a career as a professional photographer — maybe the trail that led him and his photography to the future through the team-up with his only father and his only camera.
Along with this exhibition, we will release a photo book of the same title, and only a few copies of the first edition remain in stock. The artist’s talk will also take place during the exhibition, so please look forward to it.
Schedule | Jun 27 (Fri) 2025-Jul 19 (Sat) 2025 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Jun 27 (Fri) 2025 18:00 - 20:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.live-art-books.jp/lag/exhibition/kentarokumon_en/ | ||||
| Venue | LAG (Live Art Gallery) https://www.live-art-books.jp/ | ||||
| Location | 1F Daiwa Jingumae Bldg., 2-4-11 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0001 | ||||
| Access | 7 minute walk from exit 3 at Gaienmae Station on the Ginza line, 12 minute walk from exit 5 at Meiji-jingumae Station on the Chiyoda and Fukutoshin lines, 14 minute walk from the Takeshita exit of Harajuku Station on the JR Yamanote line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3405-0604 | ||||
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