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Gazing at the Contemporary World: Japanese Photography from the 1970's to the Present

Start
Saturday, June 23, 2012
End
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Location
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (Los Angeles, CA)

Daido Moriyama

PART I : Saturday, June 23 - Sunday, July 29, 2012

PART II : Saturday, August 25 - Sunday, September 16, 2012

Tuesday-Friday, Noon-5pm

Saturday-Sunday 11am-4pm

Closed Monday and Holidays

Japanese American Cultural and Community Center

George J. Doizaki Gallery

244 S. San Pedro Street

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Admission Free

Part I: Daido Moriyama, Shomei Tomatsu, Nobuyoshi Araki, Kazuo Kitai, George Hashiguchi, Mitsugu Ohnishi, Tokuko Ushioda, Hiromi Tsuchida, Hiroh Kikai, and Masato Seto

Part II: Shuji Yamada, Akihide Tamura, Eiji Ina, Hitoshi Tsukiji, Toshio Shibata, Norio Kobayashi, Toshimi Kamiya, Yutaka Takanashi, Kikuji Kawada, Ryuji Miyamoto, Takashi Homma, Miyuki Ichikawa, and Risaku Suzuki

This photo exhibition introduces the contemporary photography of Japan, from the 1970s to the present day, through the work of notable photographers selected in two categories, figures and landscapes. Naturally, it is impossible to obtain a fundamental understanding of photographic expression developed through diverse methods and approaches through these two categories alone. Therefore, the work of the 23 photographers gathered here does not fully represent Japanese photographic expression since the 1970s, but we do not intend to trace its entire historical development through the categories of figure and landscape. Looking at each of the images gathered here, one will understand that these categories are quite loose and flexible. The purpose of this exhibition is to present a synthesis of things that arise from the group of images selected through the tentatively established categories of figure and landscape, to highlight the condition of the age and the state of the photographers’ gaze.

For more information, please contact Yoshihiro Nihei at culture@jflalc.org or (323)761-7510 Ext. 107.

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