Publisher/東京都写真美術館

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A collection of works by Yasuhiro Ishimoto (1921-2012), one of Japan's leading photographers after the war, "Yasuhiro Ishimoto-Chicago and Tokyo". "Journalism" is the mainstream of photography in the 1940s and 1950s. During this period that straddled the war, there are basically many "humanity" works, such as a documentary that includes a lot of news elements such as Ken Domon and Ihei Kimura, from war and news journalism by Yonosuke Natori and others. However, I can imagine that the impact of Yasuhiro Ishimoto, who returned to Japan during that time, was considerable. Of course, there were few students who received design education like the Bauhaus, and there were not many photographers with a sharpened aesthetic sense who grasped the subject as "modeling", so in the 1950s "Katsura Imperial Villa" The impression given by the first book "One day somewhere" was great. "Chicago, Chicago" is synonymous with Ishimoto and is described as a masterpiece. It is a monochrome world where Ishimoto's humanity and design are condensed. This is an exhibition catalog composed of snapshots and sculptural photographs taken in Tokyo, centering on such "Chicago" works.