Photography and beyond in Japan
Subtitle: space, time, and memory
By: [introduction] Robert Stearns; with foreword by Toshio Hara ; additional essays by Kohtaro Iizawa and Robert T. Singer ; [translated by Gavin Frew].
Contributors: Stearns, Robert.; Iizawa, Kōtarō, 1954-; Singer, Robert T.; Hara Bijutsukan (Tokyo, Japan)
Publisher: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art; distributed by Harry N. Abrams
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Tokyo; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions; Photography -- Japan -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
Description: This richly illustrated volume is for anyone interested in Japan, in photography, and in contemporary Western and Asian arts. Here readers will discover how the medium developed in Japan and how ancient traditions of art and culture traversed the centuries to be regenerated in modern modes of expression. The authors offer important insights into contemporary photography that will affect the future of the medium in Asia and in the West.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Catalog of an exhibition organized by and held at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, 19 Nov. 1994 to 19 Feb. 1995, and other venues through 5 Apr. 1997.