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Nikon F3 with waist-level finder and 35mm f2 Nikkor lens
Photographer: daiki___film / instagram
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YanakaNikon F3 with waist-level finder and 35mm f2 Nikkor...
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YanakaNikon FM10 with Nikkor AF 50mm f1.8 D lens
Yanaka
Nikon FM10 with Nikkor AF 50mm f1.8 D lens
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Wim Wenders on his Polaroids – and why photography is now over
“It’s not just the meaning of the image that has changed – the act of looking does not have the same meaning. Now, it’s about showing, sending and maybe remembering. It is no longer essentially about the image. The image for me was always linked to the idea of uniqueness, to a frame and to composition. You produced something that was, in itself, a singular moment. As such, it had a certain sacredness. That whole notion is gone.”
- Wim Wenders
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/oct/12/wim-wenders-interview-polaroids-instant-stories-photographers-gallery
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YanakaFujica ST 801 with 55mm f1.8 lensPhotographer: maki___0218...
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YanakaRollei 35 SEPhotographer: Uchio Uchiyama / instagram
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Seen: Another Daughter Is Characterized By The Mannerisms Of...
Seen: Another Daughter Is Characterized By The Mannerisms Of Hands And Feet もう一人の娘には、手と足の仕草に特徴がある。
Who: Hiroshi Nomura 野村浩
Where: Poetic Scape,Nakameguro
When: October 7 - October 22, 2017 (Thr. - Sat. 1-7pm / Sun. 1-6pm) Closed Mon. & Tue.)
Hiroshi Nomura’s Another Daughter is the sister exhibition to Doppelopment , a show held at Poetic Scape in March of 2017. Strands of both entries in this series are intertwined around his daughters- Hana and Nana, twin girls who are eight going on nine.
In Doppelopment the two girls are seen going about their young lives, often pausing for their father’s lens to commemorate a place or moment. The pictures are not unlike those any parent might take, and both girls get equal time in the show and in the original photobook (blue cover) that accompanied the exhibition. However in Another Daughter, it’s Nana that takes the center stage. That’s because she’s unable to be anywhere else. Nana only exists in photographs.
The truth is, Hiroshi Nomura has only one daughter, Hana.
Doppelopment (an original term created from Doppelgänger & (photographic) Development), is a series created through slight digital manipulation and a patient child. Its essence blurs the line between contemporary art and straight photography in such a way that neither category overwhelms the other. It’s not hard to imagine the headline a gimmick-of-the-moment popular photography blog might post (Photographer Photoshops A Twin For His Daughter)- but engaging with the work on a superficial level would be disappointingly limiting. These pictures deserve more than that. In the layers and threads they are bound together by, they reward a viewer with more to consider the longer they are dealt with. The depth of the work operates on a peculiar balance of vagueness and almost frighteningly meticulous graphic design. In Doppelopment, one never quite knows which is Hana and which is Nana. In the photographs they share an equal existence. Nomura states in the text in the second book (pink cover) that Hana’s visible yet fictional doppelgänger Nana grew on him the more he worked on this series. She has presence not only in pictures, but now in his mind as well.
Another Daughter is a fascinating consideration of truth, existence, and love wrapped up in the guise of domestic vernacular photography.
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Seen: 路上 Ⅰ / On The Street 1 Who: 淵上裕太 / Yuta FuchikamiWhere:...
Seen: 路上 Ⅰ / On The Street 1
Where: Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku
When: October 3 - 15, 2017 / 12:00 - 7:00pm (closed Mondays)
Fuchikami has settled into his own pacing of exhibitions and has chosen a title for his ongoing series here on out. On The Street is just that- that’s where he is. I’ve written about him here a bit before- and his well worn Pentax 67 always makes a nice addition to TCS. He’s such a consistently straight-shooter- - - no tricks, no gimmicks. (That said, I am less interested than he and so many other Tokyo street photographers are in old men in dresses as subject matter.) His printing is exquisite. Seeing what Kodak Tmax 400 shot through a cruddy forty year old 105mm Pentax 67 lens can do to a sheet of Ilford photo paper is one of those things that you just have to see in person. While the true richness of a silver gelatin print is impossible to transmit electronically, it’s a kind match to the people he photographs the way he does.
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Totem Pole Photo GalleryPentax 67TTL with 105mm f2.4...
Totem Pole Photo Gallery
Pentax 67TTL with 105mm f2.4 lens
Photographer: Yuta Fuchikami / tppg / prev. on TCS
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Seen: 房総ワンダーアイランド / Boso Wonder IslandWho: 内田ゆき / Yuki...
Seen: 房総ワンダーアイランド / Boso Wonder Island
Who: 内田ゆき / Yuki Uchida
Where: Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku
When: October 17 - 22, 2017 / 12:00 - 7:00pm (closed Mondays)
Yuki Uchida is a young student of Shinya Arimoto’s. His influence is apparent in Boso Wonder Island, her first solo show. It’s apparent, but not overbearing. Good teachers show a student the way- she’s on the right path.
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Totem Pole Photo Gallery, ShinjukuKyocera T ProofPhotographer:...
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Totem Pole Photo Gallery, ShinjukuKonica Big Mini FPhotographer:...
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Exhibition party, Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjukushoot film
Exhibition party, Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku
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Totem Pole Photo Gallery, ShinjukuMinolta Autocord with Sunpak...
Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku
Minolta Autocord with Sunpak auto 35SR flash
Photographer: 黄 旭豊 Huang Hsufeng / instagram
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OjiLeica M240 with 50mm f1.4 Summilux lensLeica M2 with 35mm...
Oji
Leica M240 with 50mm f1.4 Summilux lens
Leica M2 with 35mm f3.5 Summaron lens
Photographer: Akihiro Yoshida / instagram
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ShinjukuPentax LX with 55mm f1.8 lensPhotographer: Cueisao /...
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Seen: Theater of Love 愛の劇場Who: Nobuyoshi ArakiWhere: Case Space...
Seen: Theater of Love 愛の劇場
Who: Nobuyoshi Araki
Where: Case Space Tokyo, Shibuya
When: September 30 (Sat) - November 12 (Mon) 2017
Theater of Love is a collection of very early work by a young Nobuyoshi Araki in the mid 1960s. Stored in a Fuji photo paper box with the title written across the top, these pictures were rediscovered in Araki’s archives in 2010 and exhibited for the first time at Taka Ishii gallery in Tokyo. A small photobook of the series was published at the same time. The inaugural Case Space Tokyo exhibition of these vintage prints presents them sharply framed in a grid. There is a spirit of naturalism in the way the fixer stains and individual discoloration of the prints shine through. The newest version of the Theater of Love book is a re-creation of handling the prints themselves. Taking a cue from the work-as-artifact consideration, the replica of Araki’s original photo paper box is astonishingly accurate, as is the faithfulness to the original tones in the plates in it themselves.
The book and aspects of its production are on display in the gallery as well- the printer proofs and unfinished elements offer insight into the creation of the publication. It was an honor to have been able to update the translation of Araki’s text for this.
Theater Of Love is available online at shashasha here: Theater of Love Nobuyoshi ARAKI
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荒木経惟 「愛の劇場 」関連トークイベント：タカザワケンジ x ジョン・サイパルCASE...
荒木経惟 「愛の劇場 」関連トークイベント：タカザワケンジ x ジョン・サイパル
CASE TOKYOでは、現在開催中の荒木経惟展覧会 「愛の劇場 」に関連して、11月4日（土）にトークイベントを行います 。 トークでは、写真評論家のタカザワケンジ氏と写真家ジョン・サイパル氏を迎え、お二人の視点から考察する「愛の劇場」の豊かな作品世界についてお話頂きます。皆様のご来場をお待ちしております。
定員：先着20名（当日も受付致しますが、満席の場合は立見でのご観覧となります）
参加費：500円（当日会場でのお支払いとなります）
お申込先：CASE TOKYO
Email: info@case-publishing.jp
Tel: 03-6452-6705
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タカザワケンジ
写真評論家、ライター。1968年群馬県生まれ。早稲田大学第一文学部卒。「アサヒカメラ」「写真画報」「美術手帖」「芸術新潮」「IMA」などの雑誌に評論、インタビュー、ルポを寄稿。高梨豊著『ライカな眼』の編集、『Study of PHOTO -名作が生まれるとき』日本語版監修。共著に『挑発する写真史』(金村修との共著)がある。
ジョン・サイパル
写真家。1979年アメリカ、ネブラスカ州生まれ。2003年ネブラスカ大学卒業、2004年から日本に在住。主な写真展に「The Difference Between」、「Gaijin Like Me」、「随写 vol.1 - 16」など。2015年に写真集『Tokyo Camera Style』Thames & Hudson, Londonを発表。長年に渡り荒木経惟の作品に造詣が深い。
This November at CASE TOKYO:
Nov. 4 - 18: A Speicla pop-up shop, with a variety of photobooks usually not available via our webstore - from the last few copies of sold-out popular books to out-of-print first editions (e.g. Tsutomo Yamagata’s Ten Disciples) and signed copies (e.g. Kikuji Kawada’s Remote Past a Memoir: 1951－1966 ) to rarities like a vintage multi-volume collection of Nobuyoshi Araki’s works.
Nov. 4 Photography critic Kenji Takazawa (Asahi Camera, Aperture Magazine) and photographer John Sypal (Tokyo Camera Style) discuss Araki’s compelling series Theater of Love in a talk event in the gallery. (Note: the talk will be held in Japanese)
Date & Time: November 4 (Sat) 2017 / Begin: 17:00
Venue: #B1, 2-17-3 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-0002 Japan
Capacity: 20 chairs (first-come basis) + standing room
Admission: ¥500（to be paid at the venue）
Location: CASE TOKYO, Ibis Building B1, Shibuya 2-17-3 (150-0022 Tokyo, Japan)
For reservations & inquiries please contact
CASE TOKYO
Email: info@case-publishing.jp
Tel: 03-6452-6705
Kenji Takazawa
Kenji Takazawa (b. 1968 in Gunma) is a photo critic and writer. BA in Literature at Waseda University. Takazawa’s critical texts, interviews and essays have been featured in numerous magazines such as Asahi Camera, Shashin Gahou, Bijutsu Techo, Geijutsu Shincho, Aperture and IMA. He edited the publication “LEICA EYE” by Yutaka Takanashi, provided supervision for the Japanese version of the book “Study of PHOTO”. In 2017, Takazawa co-authored “Provocative Photo History” together with photographer Osamu Kanemura.
John Sypal
John Sypal (b. 1979 in Nebraska, US) is a photographer based in Tokyo. Sypal moved to Japan after graduating from University of Nebraska in 2003. Exhibitions include The Difference Between, Gaijin Like Me and Zuisha vol.1 – 16. In 2015, London-based publisher Thames & Hudson published Sypal’s book Tokyo Camera Style. Sypal is a maniac follower of Araki’s works.
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RoppongiLeica M6TTL with 50mm f1.4 Summilux lensPhotographer: Ed...
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RoppongiLeica M6 TTL with 50mm f1.4 Summilux lensPhotographer:...
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Seen: 文化写真 Cultural PhotographyWho: Nobuyoshi ArakiWhere: Art...
Seen: 文化写真 Cultural Photography
Who: Nobuyoshi Araki
Where: Art Space AM, Harajuku (map)
When: November 3, 2017 - January 21, 2018 (Open 1-7pm. Closed Mon. & Tue./ Closed Dec. 1-3, Dec. 29-Jan. 7)
November 3rd is Culture Day- a national holiday in Japan reserved for the promotion of the arts. It’s also the date which Araki set the date-stamp function on his Pentax MZ-S for this particular show. The subject matter is a continuation of his diaristic 35mm “photo maniac” work. The pictures have been printed large onto washi paper at a size which compliments the unique space of the venue. The blue stamp which Araki applied to each reads “Cultural Photograph”, a mark wryly proving its cultural importance.
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