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.