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.
Tokuko Ushioda and Rinko Kawauchi make photographs to slow the passage of time, venerating the subtle textures of day-to-day living.
In the 1990s, the photographer spoofed corporate culture through performances staged in locations around Tokyo.
The Japanese photographer, who died in January 2024 at the age of eighty-three, developed a cult following for his images of celebrities and nudes.
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.
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.
Osamu Kanemura and Hiroko Komatsu speak about photographing Tokyo, the virtues of the Plaubel Makina camera, and why a single picture is never enough.
A major exhibition in São Paulo celebrates the process behind the Japanese photographer’s trailblazing work.
In her images of keenly observed gestures and details, Kawauchi reveals the mysterious and beautiful realm at the edge of the everyday world.
The pioneering photographer speaks about the evolution of her career—and how she negotiated a field dominated by men.
Since 1989, Seiichi Furuya has revisited his intimately quotidian images of his wife in a series of photobooks that affirm photography’s potential to heal, remember, and reimagine a life.
In a conversation with Ryuichi Kaneko, the celebrated photographer discusses the arc of his career and the making of the iconic 1965 photobook The Map.
The legendary artist speaks about why photography never reaches a state of completion.
In her latest photobook, the Japanese photographer discusses self-portraiture as a radical feminist gesture.
The many faces of “home” in Japanese photography.
Masahisa Fukase transformed the ritual of the family portrait into a source of play—and a memento mori.
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.
