'Japanese photography has attracted much attention beyond its native shores, especially in recent years. Far less familiar are the photographers' extensive and revealing writings, which not only illuminate how their photography should be viewed and understood but also articulate certain core concepts that make Japanese photography unique. These incisive, provocative texts, which are made available in this anthology for the first time in English, are essential to any comprehensive discussion of Japanese photography from the 1950s to now.' - from back cover

Includes biographical notes on photographers and a list of primary sources.
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REF.VAI2
Language

English

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Publication/Creation date

2006

No of pages

224

ISBN / ISSN

9781931788830

No of copies

1

Content type

anthology

Chapter headings

Introduction

Why So Personal? - Anne WILKES TUCKER

Realism

Photographic Realism and the Salon Picture - Ken DOMON, 土門拳

The Man Who Said 'I Saw It! I Saw It!' and Passed It By - Shomei TOMATSU, 東松照明

Toward a Chaotic Sea - Shomei TOMATSU, 東松照明

The Decision to Shoot - Daido MORIYAMA, 森山大道

Camp Story Playback - Seiji KURATA, 倉田精二

Landscapes

Squinting Landscape Discourse: Photographing the San'in Region, 40 Years - Shoji UEDA, 植田正治

The 'Landscape' Appears - Yutaka TAKANASHI, 高梨豐

Temporary Ruins - Ryuji MIYAMOTO, 宮本隆司

Photography as Another Reality - Shigeo GOCHO, 牛腸茂雄

Memory and Time

Adieu-Wiedersehen - Seiichi FURUYA, 古屋誠一

Family - Masahisa FUKASE, 深瀬昌久

Time's Fossil - Daido MORIYAMA, 森山大道

The Silence of Photographs - Ryuji MIYAMOTO, 宮本隆司

Bleached Journal - Hiroshi SUGIMOTO, 杉本博司

Media

Self-Change in the Act of Shooting - Takuma NAKAHIRA, 中平卓馬

From Postwar Japan to Travels West - Ihei KIMURA, 木村伊兵衛

From Document to Memory - Daido MORIYAMA, 森山大道

Photo Log

Lime Works - Naoya HATAKEYAMA, 畠山直哉

Highway - Daido MORIYAMA, 森山大道

Excerpt from 'Why an Illustrated Botanical Dictionary?' - Takuma NAKAHIRA, 中平卓馬

Notes on Photographing Barakei - Eiko HOSOE, 細江英公

Man/Woman

The Photo Apparatus Between Man and Woman - Nobuyoshi ARAKI, 荒木経惟

Photographic Discourse as Strip Show - Nobuyoshi ARAKI, 荒木経惟

Not Six - Yurie NAGASHIMA, 長島有里枝

A Connection Called Looking - Miyako ISHIUCHI, 石内都

Sentimentalism

My Mother's Death, or, An Introduction to Family Photography - Nobuyoshi ARAKI, 荒木経惟

My Father's Lover, or, An Introduction to Portrait Photography - Nobuyoshi ARAKI, 荒木経惟

Ravens: The End - Masahisa FUKASE, 深瀬昌久

Car of Mine - Masafumi SANAI, 佐內正史

Epilogue

Something Like a Sunset - Takashi HOMMA, ホンマタカシ

Setting Sun: Writings by Japanese Photographers
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Setting Sun: Writings by Japanese Photographers