Closes Aug. 28 (and Aug. 15-23)

Shinbashi Station exhibition hall Closes March 21 Ishikawa was a professional photographer who, during the Showa Era (1926-1989), became a Metropolitan Police Department "cameraman." Though he was reluctant to join the police force, the job entailed using a compact Leica camera, which, in turn, changed his approach to photography.

The Leica took photography to a different level for not only Ishikawa, but also legendary Japanese photographers such as Ihei Kimura and Yoshio Watanabe, all of whom became pioneers of snap-shot photography and war photojournalism.