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Father Figure

Masahisa Fukase transformed the ritual of the family portrait into a source of play—and a memento mori.

A Japanese Photographer’s Encounters with Natural Disasters

Eight years after a devastating tsunami, Lieko Shiga investigates Japan’s haunted landscapes.

A Japanese Photographer’s Gleefully Chaotic Family Life

At home in Japan, Motoyuki Daifu captures his family with gleeful candor.

Can a Feminist Embrace Araki?

At the Museum of Sex, a new look at the prolific—and provocative—Japanese photographer.

Delirious Tokyo

In a new exhibition, Daido Moriyama returns to his icons and obsessions.

The Endless Outer World

Daido Moriyama speaks about his Provoke days and capturing the streets of Tokyo.

Tokyo Reimagined

As Japan’s capital transformed, Yutaka Takanashi deployed a radical style to picture urban change.

A Witness to Resistance

From student demonstrations to farmers in revolt, Kazuo Kitai captured the social tumult of 1960s Japan.

Against Occupation

Japanese curator Rei Masuda discusses how postwar Japanese photographers adapted to a new era.

Behind the Barricades

Student protests shook late-1960s Japan. Hitomi Watanabe bore witness from inside the movement.

The Provoke Moment

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.

The PhotoBook Review: Photobooks After 3/11

The destruction the Great Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami waves created have profoundly impacted the way art is both made and received in Japan.

Collecting the Japanese Photobook

Ivan Vartanian spoke to Ryuichi Kaneko about how he became one of the first and most enduring champions of the Japanese photobook.

Tomatsu on the Americans (Video)

A panel discussion on Japanese photographer Shomei Tomatsu at Aperture gallery.

Rupture, Reconnection: The Photography of Eikoh Hosoe (Video)

A panel discussion on the career and influence of Japanese Photographer Eikoh Hosoe.

Rinko Kawauchi On Press – Ametsuchi

Images from the production of Ametsuchi, Rinko Kawauchi’s latest monograph.

Rinko Kawauchi: My Favorite Color Is Blue (Video)

Revisiting Rinko Kawauchi in conversation with Magnum photojournalist Martin Parr.

Daido Moriyama: Vintage Prints

An exhibition of Daido Moriyama’s vintage prints is on display at Galerie Bob van Orsouw in Zurich, on view through February 23, 2013.
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Aperture No. 257

Aperture presents “Image Worlds to Come: Photography & AI,” a timely and urgent issue that explores how artificial intelligence is quickly transforming the field of photography and our broader culture of images.

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