Japan: A Self-Portrait: Photographs 1945-1964 - Hardcover

Takeuchi Keiichi; Hiraki Osam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2080304631 ISBN 13: 9782080304636

Verlag: Flammarion, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Physical description; 216 p.: ill.; 32 cm. Notes; Translated from the French and Japanese. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Introduction / Alain Sayag -- 1945-1964: a Japanese perspective / Takeuchi Keiichi -- Deciphering Japanese postwar photography / Hiraki Osam -- Plates: The aftermath of war -- Between tradition and modernity -- A new Japan. Review: "From the end of the Pacific War in 1945 to the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964, Japan underwent an extraordinary transformation: from a nation ravaged by the destruction of war, Japan became a rising economic power. This period of radical change generated an unprecedented creative energy which breathed new life into Japanese photography. By the mid-1950s, Japan was at a crossroads between tradition and modernization, a moment fraught with contradiction, immortalized by the most talented photographers of the time." "The 150 photographs in this collection represent a unique vision of a nation struggling to define itself. These images are accompanied by essays from renowned Japanese experts, who provide social and historical insight into this period and its photographic output. The first comprehensive review of this period in Japanese photography, Japan: A Self-Portrait offers a tribute to the nation's strength and solidarity in the face of profound upheaval and a rare chance to view the depth of its artistic talent." -- Jacket. Subjects; Photography - Japan - History - 20th century. Photography, Artistic - Japan - History Japan - History - 1945- - Pictorial works. Japan - History - 20th century - Pictorial works. Japan - History - Photographs Photography, Japanese - 20th century - 1940s-1960s. Japan - Social history - 20th century - 1940s-1960s.

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Reseña del editor

The Japanese photographers in this volume are the undiscovered Cartier-Bresson, Brassai, or Doiseneau.
From the 1945 bombing of Japan to the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, photography blossomed in the rapidly evolving country. Documentary photography that captured the horrors of war shifted to focus on the human strength for survival and solidarity. By the mid-1950s, Japan was at a crossroads between tradition and modernization, a contradiction immortalized by the most talented photographers of the time.
Chosen for aesthetic merit and content, these 150 photographs are accompanied by essays from renowned Japanese experts, covering historical, social, and photographic perspectives. Three chapters reflect the different periods of this societal transformation and the evolution of Japanese photography from social realism to a subjective and increasingly personal style.
Photographers: Ken Domon, Hiroshi Hamaya, Tadahiko Hayashi, Eikoh Hosoe, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Kikuji Kawada, Ihee Kimura, Shigeichi Nagano, Ikko Narahara, Takeyoshi Tanuma, Shomei Tomatsu

Biografía del autor

Osam Hiraki, independent photography critic and photographic historian, is director of the Photographic Society of Japan. cofounder of the department of photography at the Kawasaki City Museum where he edited and wrote catalogs and articles about the 1950s, he co-edited the Japanese Photography Guide (Nazraeli Press, 1996). In 1998, he curated the world's first "Pulitzer Prize Photography Exhibition."
Alain Sayag, head curator of photography at the National Museum of Art in Paris, has directed several international exhibitions and has published numerous photography books.
Keiichi Takeuchi, professor emeritus at Hitotsubashi University in Japan and former director of the Japanese Cultural Institute in Rome, is an authority on the history of geographical thought.

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• Verlag: Flammarion
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 2080304631
• ISBN 13: 9782080304636
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 216