Tokyo photo exhibition showcases 1964 Games and key events around that time
A photo exhibition showcasing the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and major domestic and international events around that time, as well as select photos of present-day Japan, will open Sunday in the run-up to next year's games. The exhibition at the Tokyo International Forum features about 130 ...
Tokiko Iino: Appetizing tales begin with the plate
In the past four years, if you've stepped into Isetan Shinjuku and checked out one of its in-store displays, chances are you've seen Tokiko Iino's food styling designs.
Japan's Showa flash flood of photography
The National Gallery of Canada showcases Showa Era (1926-89) photographers, whose documentation and interpretation of politics, culture, social issues and even the quotidian changed the face of modern photography in Japan.
'Family': Masahisa Fukase's portrait parodies detail the decline of a Japanese clan
Masahisa Fukase's "Family," reissued with essays by Fukase himself and Tomo Kosuga, turns the idea of the family portrait on its head, simultaneously reinvigorating and ridiculing it.
Art at a science museum: When worlds collide
The premise of "Illuminating Landscapes: The Integration of Art and Science," as designer Taku Satoh puts it, is to explore "art and science together, not separated, as is too common in today's world."
Yuta Kato: Following his photo instincts
Photographer Yuta Kato on his "Hazime-Mashite" project, his experience in Vancouver and his go-to karaoke song.
Film photography shows signs of revival among Japan's youth
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Perhaps that used to be true, back in a time when a single photograph could feed a starving nation like Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother," or condemn war like Nick Ut's "Napalm Girl," or capture the burning ...
Eiko Yamazawa: Cracking the glass ceiling of photography
One of the first successful female photographers in Japan, Eiko Yamazawa was not only an adept commercial photographer, but a pioneer of abstraction at the forefront of constructed photography.
Fujifilm Corp. said Monday it will resume sales of black-and-white film this fall in Japan after a one-year hiatus, in response to calls from fans of monochrome photography. The company began selling monochrome photographic film in 1936 but ceased sales around October last year, citing ...
Ryuji Miyamoto: Looking back to go forward
"Invisible Land" at the TOP Museum doesn't showcase Ryuji Miyamoto's best-known works. Instead, it offers insight into the photographer's development of a style that led to international recognition.
Newly released photos shed light on Emperor Naruhito's life in Britain
A set of photos has been uncovered offering a fresh look into the life of Emperor Naruhito during his time studying in Britain in the 1980s. Taken in 1985, the photos show the then-prince visiting a summer festival for Japan-U.K. friendship in London and smiling ...
'Trails': Blood spatters across an empty field of snow
After a decade of visits to annual deer culls in Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park, photographer Takashi Homma has recently released a photo book, "Trails," about the project.
