Photography began with appropriation. Shoot, capture, expose—the language of photography is the language of possession and control. The camera has long been the privilege of those behind the lens, while African bodies have continued to be treated as objects to be seen. The centerpiece of this exhibition, Zanele Muholi’s Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail the Dark Lioness), is the most fundamental response to this structure. Muholi turns the camera toward the self, reweaving clothespins and rubber glove… more

The exhibition “New Japanese Photography” was held at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York in 1974, co-curated by John Szarkowski, director of the MoMA Department of Photography, and Shoji Yamagishi, editor of Camera Mainichi. Regarded as “the first attempt to present an extensive survey of contemporary Japanese photography outside Japan,” this exhibition has had a major and long-lasting impact on the study and understanding of Japanese photography overseas to this very day.

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The “New Japanese Photography” (MoMA) in New York in 1974 exhibition was organized solely around men, including the developers and exhibiting artists. This exhibition takes a particular look at what ‘masculinity’ is from a critical standpoint in light of changes in postwar society within normative values associated with gender through male images represented in public images, such as photographic works, video works, advertising, and public information, together with a focus on the androc… more

French curator Mark Füstel focuses on two perspectives that were overlooked in "New Japanese Photography" (MoMA) in New York in 1974

1st is the female perspective. 15 photographers were selected for the exhibition, but not one female photographer was included. This exhibition presents important works created by female artists who were active during that period, and presents a different form of exhibition that could have been at that time.

The 2nd is the existence of a "photo book". Shoji Y… more

The year 2024 marks 50 years since “New Japanese Photography” was held in 1974 at MoMA. The “NEW JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY 1974→2024” exhibition will feature 7 artists who embody the ‘present’ in consideration of the various changes that have occurred over this half century, as a presentation of “New Japanese Photography: 50 years later.” The scope encompassed by the words, “New Japanese Photography” has steadily transformed during the passage of these 50 years, and this exhib… more