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"Contemporary Japanese Photography Vol. 10" Exhibition
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
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Artists
Yoichi Sano, Kazuyuki Soeno, Maiko Haruki, Ken Kitano, Sohei Nishino
This year marks the tenth exhibition in the series entitled "Contemporary Japanese Photography" and in it we will introduce the work of five photographers who resort to some of the most fundamental photographic techniques in order to confront various phenomena of our time.
These photographers have found themselves attracted to basic photographic techniques dating from the early days of photography, such as photograms, pinhole cameras, collages, multiple exposures and exposure control, which they have utilized to create a large variety of works. By returning to the origins of photographic media in this day and age, when digital manipulation makes it possible to create almost any conceivable image, they offer us a chance to reconsider the sense of sight itself, that presents a door to sensory and aesthetic expression.
We hope that these works will provide an opportunity to think afresh about the act of looking at photographs or the memories created through sight, helping us face a reality that is more complicated and unexpected than we can imagine.
When we look at photographs, not passively but spontaneously, and discover within them food for thought, then surely that is when photography will be ready to make another great leap forward – elan photographic.
These photographers have found themselves attracted to basic photographic techniques dating from the early days of photography, such as photograms, pinhole cameras, collages, multiple exposures and exposure control, which they have utilized to create a large variety of works. By returning to the origins of photographic media in this day and age, when digital manipulation makes it possible to create almost any conceivable image, they offer us a chance to reconsider the sense of sight itself, that presents a door to sensory and aesthetic expression.
We hope that these works will provide an opportunity to think afresh about the act of looking at photographs or the memories created through sight, helping us face a reality that is more complicated and unexpected than we can imagine.
When we look at photographs, not passively but spontaneously, and discover within them food for thought, then surely that is when photography will be ready to make another great leap forward – elan photographic.
Schedule | Dec 10 (Sat) 2011-Jan 29 (Sun) 2012 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥700, College Students ¥600, High School and Junior Hight School Students, Over 65 ¥500 | ||||||
| Website | http://www.syabi.com/e/contents/exhibition/index-1451.html | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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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