Tokyo: Aperture 219 (Aperture Magazine, 219)

Tokyo: Aperture 219 (Aperture Magazine, 219)

The Magazine of Photography and Ideas.

This edition of Aperture, researched on-site in Tokyo, features a selection of vital contemporary work, while exploring Tokyoâ€™s role in narratives of Japanese photography. The issue includes interviews with established Japanese photographers, articles on the history of photography in Japan, and portfolios by contemporary artists whose work is unknown in the United States.

In the Words section, critic Noi Sawaragi and novelist Hideo Furukawa consider the unique character and history of the city in relation to image-making; Ivan Vartanian looks through the pages of popular technical and erotically minded magazines of the â€™60s, â€™70s, and â€™80s to reveal some of the most significant photography produced during those decades; curator Yasufumi Nakamori examines how artists in the late 1960s, working against a backdrop of social upheaval and anxiety about the future, began to experiment with photography and make radical shifts in the art of the period; and scholar Franz Prichard introduces Takuma Nakahira, a key figure in the story of Japanese photography whose contributions remain relatively unknown outside Japan.

In the Pictures section, curator Matthew S. Witkovsky revisits Takuma Nakahiraâ€™s landmark 1971 Paris Biennale photo-installation; Nobuyoshi Arakiâ€™s new Polaroid collages; Takashi Hommaâ€™s new camera obscura urbanscapes; Cozue Takagiâ€™s vibrant, collaged images; Dan Abbe on rising star Daisuke Yokotaâ€™s enigmatic photographs that focus on the imageâ€™s tactile surface; curator Niwa Harumi on Issei Sudaâ€™s documentation of traditional folk traditions and stylish characters in 1970s Tokyo; Mayumi Hosokuraâ€™s formal studies of nudes and natural forms; Lesley A. Martin on Rinko Kawauhchiâ€™s never-before-published series of landscapes made in Japan and abroad; Andrew Maerkle on Naoya Hatakeyamaâ€™s Tracing Lines series, focusing on one of Tokyoâ€™s major thoroughfares; and historian Ryuichi Kaneko in conversation with Kikuji Kawada, the celebrated octogenarian post-war photographer.
Country USA
Brand Aperture
Manufacturer Aperture
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2015-06-23
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781597113229

Country	USA
Brand	Aperture
Manufacturer	Aperture
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2015-06-23
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781597113229

Tokyo: Aperture 219 (Aperture Magazine, 219)

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