From Tokiwa Toyoko’s images of women working in the 1950s to Ushioda Tokuko’s domestic portraits, women artists have played a pivotal role in shaping the medium’s history in Japan.
Inspired by jazz, improvisation, and conceptualism, the ikebana artist has created playful works that merge disciplines.
Once a darling of Tokyo’s avant-garde and fashion scenes in the 1960s, Imai took an unexpected turn after a tragic accident.
An expansive new book shows how the magazine format was a major, genre-defining space for Japanese photographers.
For her latest project, the Spanish photographer made portraits of young people in Kyoto who balance the expectations of tradition with contemporary life.
In his collaborations with influential literary figures and performers, Hosoe created surreal scenes that invoke the fantastic.
Kyotographie is distinct among photo festivals for its clever site-specific exhibitions in many of the city’s stunning locations.
The pioneering photographer speaks about the evolution of her career—and how she negotiated a field dominated by men.
The legendary artist speaks about why photography never reaches a state of completion.
At home in Japan, Motoyuki Daifu captures his family with gleeful candor.
In a new exhibition, Daido Moriyama returns to his icons and obsessions.
Daido Moriyama speaks about his Provoke days and capturing the streets of Tokyo.
From student demonstrations to farmers in revolt, Kazuo Kitai captured the social tumult of 1960s Japan.
Japanese curator Rei Masuda discusses how postwar Japanese photographers adapted to a new era.
Student protests shook late-1960s Japan. Hitomi Watanabe bore witness from inside the movement.
In the first of an ongoing series of interviews about Japanese photography with Tsuyoshi Ito, Curator Simon Baker discusses the radical new vision of the 1960s.
Three celebrated photographers push the limits of sexuality and surveillance.
The destruction the Great Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami waves created have profoundly impacted the way art is both made and received in Japan.
Aperture’s fall issue, “Arrhythmic Mythic Ra,” refracts themes of family, social history, and the astrophysical through the eyes of guest editor Deana Lawson, one of the most compelling photographers working today.
