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• Japan, Art, Photography

  Hiroe Kobayashi

  06.23.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Hiroe Kobayash photographs visual poetry.
  She says:
  It is said that photography performed from the heart captures the truth.
  My quest is to cast light on the yuragi filtered through the layers of my
  experience. The end result is a world of mystery, images that conjure up
  the sumi-e ink drawings of Chinese painting.

  TOP TO BOTTOM, (from “White in the […]

• Japan, Contemporary, Photography

  Mamoru Tsukada

  05.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  In the world of Mamoru Tsukada, photography exists as a medium to relate himself to the world and its invisible structures. In Spectre, the subject matter is not apparent at first glance - we see bold splashes of color, abstract shapes…

  TOP TO BOTTOM, Spectre, 2006
  © Mamoru Tsukada
  He explains:
  “The new works ‘SPECTER’ have been created using […]

• Japan, Photography

  Rachi Akira

  04.30.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Rachi Akira is a recent graduate of UK’s The Arts Institute at Bournemouth. His work is deceptively simple and works on many levels.
  Akira:
  “something poetic can be political, and something political can be poetic”

  TOP TO BOTTOM, Field (6×7), 2004-2007
  © Rachi Akira
  Pure and simple like a haiku. His portfolio can be seen here.

• Japan, Photography

  Yoshinori Kon

  04.07.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Yoshinori Kon creates images that contain hidden truths and meanings, while having strong overtones of Japanese culture and mysticism. They remind me of Jeff Wall and Gregory Crewdson, although not as cinematic as the latter’s.

  Scenery with a Tunnel, 2006
  © Yoshinori Kon

  Oku-Nikko Ectoplasm, 2006
  © Yoshinori Kon

  First Love, 2008
  © Yoshinori Kon

  Akemi of Kawaguchi, 2006
  © Yoshinori Kon

  More […]

• Documentary, Japan, Photography

  Behind Tokyo’s Door

  04.02.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  A transvestite posing for a picture at the underground fetish party, “Tokyo Decadence”, at the Stylish Club in Roppongi.
  © Pawel Jaszczuk
  Pawel Jaszczuk is a Polish photographer based in Tokyo, Japan. For his series, Behind Tokyo’s Door, Pawel documented the going ons and romps in underground fetish parties in Tokyo. His other series, Shibari (rope bondage), […]

• Documentary, Japan, Photography

  Hideaki Uchiyama

  01.29.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  For more than a decade, Hideaki Uchiyama has been capturing the underbelly of Tokyo city on film. His images resembles sets from anime/sci-fi films, showing us some incredible pictures of what lies beneath a truly modern city.
  From Metropolis:
  Uchiyama has discovered tunnels to a 6th-century tomb and a Kamakura-period mine. He has photographed WWII-era poison gas […]

• Japan, Contemporary, Photography

  Sakiko Nomura

  01.15.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Japanese photographer Sakiko Nomura goes beyond the facades of her subjects and reaches deep into their psyche; revealing hidden fears, sadness and tenderness. The sitter is stripped naked literally and figuratively, baring their souls for all to see.

  Untitled, 2004/2006
  © Sakiko Nomura

  Untitled, 2004/2006
  © Sakiko Nomura

  Untitled, 2004/2006
  © Sakiko Nomura

  Untitled, 1999/2005
  © Sakiko Nomura
  From […]

• Japan, Photography

  Hiroshi Watanabe

  01.11.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Hiroshi Watanabe was born in Sapporo, Japan. After the completion of his art degree, he moved to Los Angeles and spent many years working on TV productions before picking up the camera again in 2000. Since then, he has gone on to numerous exhibitions, awards and published several books along the way. His images are […]

• Japan, Contemporary, Photography

  Miwako Iga

  01.04.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Miwako Iga’s Madame Cucumber uses toy dolls as models to depict various scenes of society and family.
  The dolls in Iga’s works are cheap, colorful, and emotionless. However, they are in a situation which represents serious and antagonizing aspect of life, which is the reality of our modern society. Such a gap evokes laughter and at […]

• Japan, Books, Photography

  Eyes of an Island

  12.31.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Shomei Tomatsu, Untitled, Tokyo, 1969. From the series Protest. © Shomei Tomatsu
  Intrigued by Japanese photographers? Bewildered by how they see things? Then Marc Feustel’s Eyes of an Island may interest you. Christmas may be over but the end of the year means that your birthday would be coming soon. =) Lens culture has got an […]

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