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Exhibitions at Zen Foto Gallery

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Kazuyoshi Usui

Showa99

Showa99

6 Dec – 28 Dec 2024
“Lotus in the soil — Do we look at it from the soil or from the flower?
Sacred and profane, the two sides of the story are superimposed on each other to reveal the present.”

— Kazuyoshi Usui

Zen Foto Gallery is delighted to present “Showa 99”, an exhibition of photographs and installation by Kazuyoshi Usui from Friday, December 6 to Saturday, December 28, 2024.

Starting with “Showa 88”, Usui’s first solo exhibition at Zen Foto Gallery back in 2011, “Showa 99” is the four… more

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Hideka Tonomura

Soul Trip

Soul Trip

25 Oct – 30 Nov 2024
Zen Foto Gallery is delighted to present “Soul Trip”, an exhibition of photographs by Hideka Tonomura from Friday, October 25th to Saturday, November 30th. Through the love between Tonomura’s grandfather, who is Korean and her grandmother who is Japanese, “Soul Trip” questions what it means for people to love each other. The work was shown for the first time at the exhibition “Transcendence”, an associate programme produced by Kyotographie and Sigma and supported by Kering, at this… more

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Atsushi Fujiwara

Sakura River

Sakura River

27 Sep – 19 Oct 2024
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present Atsushi Fujiwara’s photographic exhibition “Sakura River” from Friday, 27 September to Saturday, 19 October 2024. This is Atsushi Fujiwara’s second solo exhibition at Zen Foto Gallery since his exhibition “Poet Island” in 2015. The exhibition will feature 18 colour photographs selected from his newly published photo book under the same title. During the exhibition, a talk session will be held on Saturday, 28 September from 4 pm, welcoming photog… more

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Dokidoki Club

De-Porned Again

De-Porned Again

21 Jun – 13 Jul 2024
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present “De-porned Again”, an exhibition of artworks by Dokidoki Club, from 21 June to 13 July.


Based in Tokyo, pseudonymous artist Dokidoki Club creates drawings, videos, photographs, photo collages and various other techniques, all under the concept that “the desire to enjoy everything brings love and peace to the Earth”. Dokidoki Club’s work is popular with younger people in Japan and abroad. Zen Foto Gallery published “De-porned Mag” with Dokido… more

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Mirror

Mirror

24 May – 15 Jun 2024
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present “Mirror”, an exhibition of photographs by Liu Ke & Huang Huang from 24 May to 15 June. Based in Chengdu, China, the artist duo felt that they were the mirror of each other when they first met and began taking a photo of each other every day in 2017 for two years to rediscover their relationship, which allowed them to observe and interact with each other, exploring a new photographic relationship and creating a visual dialogue between two people. The ser… more

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Hiroshi Watanabe

Lotus

Lotus

26 Apr – 18 May 2024
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present “Lotus”, an exhibition of photographs by Hitomi Watanabe from 26 April to 18 May. This will be Watanabe’s fourth solo presentation at Zen Foto Gallery, following her previous exhibition “Tenjiku in Colour” (2022). The exhibition will also celebrate the recent publication of her latest photography book, under the same title, published by Yasosha on 8 April.


Watanabe began travelling in Asia dur… more

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Tsutomu Yamagata

My Little Cosmos

My Little Cosmos

1 Mar – 23 Mar 2024
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present Tsutomu Yamagata’s photography exhibition “My Little Cosmos” from Friday, March 1 to Saturday, March 23, 2024. Following his previous work Surveillance, published by Zen Foto Gallery in 2018, “My Little Cosmos” is the latest work by the talented photographic artist whose approach changes with each new series he presents. The publication “My Little Cosmos” was released last fall as an ambitious collection of collages in which Yamagata attempted… more

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Wataru Igarashi

Spiral Code

Spiral Code

9 Feb – 17 Feb 2024
For nine years, Igarashi took photographs of people who gathered at sacred temples around the Deccan Plateau in India, which are thought to have magnetic fields that can heal people. The series was selected by the Tokyo Photobook Review in 2020 (Members: Frédérique Destribats from L'éditeur du dimanche, Marc Feustel, Clément and Nobue Kauter from Le Plac’art Photo, Paris, Hiroshi Onishi from Case Publishing, Tokyo, and Mark Pearson from Zen Foto Gallery) and the photobook was published in … more

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Yang Seung-Woo

Baggage

Baggage

12 Jan – 3 Feb 2024
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present Yang Seung-Woo’s exhibition “Baggage” from January 12 to February 3, 2024. This exhibition commemorates the publication of his photobook under the same title. When Yang saw homeless people on the streets carrying their belongings with great care, he imagined that their baggage would reveal everything about their lives. He started a project to interview and photograph their portraits and personal belongings. He has interviewed over 60 people to date an… more

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Yuta Fuchikami

Ueno Park

Ueno Park

1 Dec – 23 Dec 2023
Zen Foto Gallery is delighted to present Yuta Fuchikami’s photography exhibition “Ueno Park” from December 1 (Friday) to December 23 (Saturday). Fuchikami’s latest work in colour is currently featured in the exhibition “Leap Before You Look: Contemporary Japanese Photography vol.20” at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum until January 21 next year. Fuchikami has recently been very active — he just won the grand prize at Shiogama Photo Festival last year and his photo book was publish… more

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Hideka Tonomura

They Called Me Yukari

They Called Me Yukari

celebrating the publication

27 Oct – 18 Nov 2023
Zen Foto Gallery is delighted to present an exhibition that celebrates the release of the new edition of Hideka Tonomura’s
They Called Me Yukari
. The exhibition will be held from Friday, October 27th to Saturday, November 18th.

Last year, Tonomura gained significant attention when her debut work “Mama Love” was included in the “Love So… more

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Ronin de Goede

ASAKUSA — Ode to Edo

ASAKUSA — Ode to Edo

29 Sep – 21 Oct 2023
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present Asakusa — Ode to Edo, Ronin de Goede’s photography exhibition from September 29 to October 21, 2023. Asakusa is a photographic diary of the golden days the Dutch artist spent with the Japanese master tattoo artist Horikazu. Ronin first encountered Japanese tattoos online and became fascinated with Wabori, traditional Japanese tattooing. When Ronin visited Japan in 2011, he knocked on the door of the renowned tattooist Horikazu Shodai, but was disappoint… more

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New Hong Kong Photozine

‘Photography__Studies’ Part

9 Jun – 8 Jul 2023
Wong Sin
shott.dream
Peter Sam
Etienne Leung
freedomgum
Zeon
Joe Lee
Kinho Lam
Chan Long Hei
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ERIC

Tokyo Superdeep Borehole

Tokyo Superdeep Borehole

9 May – 3 Jun 2023
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present “Tokyo Superdeep Borehole”, an exhibition of works by Eric from May 9th to June 3rd, 2023. Eric came to Japan from Hong Kong in 1997 and had been living in Tokyo for close to 20 years. He moved from Tokyo to Okayama seven years ago, which allowed him to reflect on his way of living and observe Tokyo as a city from a different perspective. This exhibition, our second presentation of Eric’s works, commemorates our new photobook publication released in O… more

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Kai Keijiro

Clothed in Sunny Finery

Clothed in Sunny Finery

25 Mar – 22 Apr 2023
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present “Clothed in Sunny Finery”, an exhibition of works by Keijiro Kai from March 25th to April 22nd, 2023. For many years, Kai has been photographing traditional fighting and sporting festivals in and out of Japan, and in 2020, he released the photobook “Down to the Bone” (Shinjuku Shobo), a compilation of his photographs taken at the festivals. This is our first solo presentation of Kai’s works to commemorate our new photobook publication which featur… more

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Masaki Yamamoto

The Yamamotos

The Yamamotos

17 Feb – 18 Mar 2023
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present “The Yamamotos”, an exhibition of works by Masaki Yamamoto from February 17th to March 18th, 2023. This is our second solo presentation of his works, since his previous exhibition 4 years ago.
Yamamoto’s previous book “Guts” was published by Zen Foto in 2017. The bold, candid and unashamed photographs he took of his family inside the small one room apartment from 2014 to 2017 were well received over… more

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John Sypal

Tokyo Silver Paradise

Tokyo Silver Paradise

13 Jan – 11 Feb 2023
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present “Tokyo Silver Paradise”, an exhibition of works by John Sypal from January 13th to February 10th, 2023. This is our second solo presentation of his works, since his previous exhibition 4 years ago, featuring 30 silver gelatin photographs selected from his photobook published by Zen Foto in October 2022 under the same title. Following his previous book “Zuisha” published by Zen Foto in 2017, “Tokyo Silver Paradise” also features Sypal’s snapsho… more

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Jeremy Stigter

Visiting Mister Ueda

Visiting Mister Ueda

2 Dec – 24 Dec 2022
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present Visiting Mister Ueda, Jeremy Stigter’s first solo exhibition with the gallery from December 2nd to 24th. The exhibition will feature a selection of 20 photographs from his first photobook under the same title published by Zen Foto Gallery in July 2021.

“Sometime in the autumn of 1993 I was fortunate to be able to pay a visit to Shoji Ueda, the famous Jap… more

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Tamiko Nishimura

My Journey Since Then

My Journey Since Then

4 Nov – 26 Nov 2022
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to announce Tamiko Nishimura’s photo exhibition “My Journey Since Then”, the final chapter to her “My Journey” trilogy, following the exhibitions “My Journey (Ryojin)” in 2018 and “My Journey, continued” in 2020. The exhibition will mainly feature Nishimura’s snapshots taken during her trips in and out of Japan from the 1990s to the most recent in 2022, as well as a selection of her representative work from her series “Shikishima” and “Eterna… more

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Yang Seung-Woo

TEKIYA

TEKIYA

16 Sep – 15 Oct 2022
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present Yang Seung-Woo’s exhibition “TEKIYA” from September 16 to October 15. This exhibition commemorates the publication of his photobook under the same title. Yang received the 36th Domon Ken Award in 2016 with his publication “Shinjuku Lost Child” with Zen Foto Gallery. While he continued to take photographs of Shinjuku, he has also been capturing the world of Tekiya for over 10 years. This exhibition will present 30 colour prints selected from the lo… more

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Hideka Tonomura

Love

Love

3 Jun – 2 Jul 2022
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present “Love”, an exhibition by Hideka Tonomura from June 3 to July 2. This exhibition marks Hideka’s 5th solo presentation at Zen Foto Gallery following her exhibitions “They Called Me Yukari / mama love” in 2013, “orange elephant” in 2016, “die of love” in 2018 and “SHINING WOMAN #cancerbeauty” in 2021. In conjunction with her participation at the exhibition “Love Songs” at Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris (on view until Aug… more

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Chotoku Tanaka

Today Tokyo

Today Tokyo

28 Apr – 28 May 2022
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present “Today Tokyo” from Thursday, April 28 to Saturday, May 28. This is Chotoku Tanaka’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, organized to celebrate the publication of the photobook under the same title, and this is the second book Zen Foto has published with Tanaka, after “Panoramic Photography — Europe 1975” in 2020. Tanaka, who received his first SLR camera when he was in elementary school, found Tokyo as a captivating subject to photograph aro… more

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Hitomi Watanabe

Tenjiku in Colour

Tenjiku in Colour

25 Mar – 23 Apr 2022
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present Hitomi Watanabe’s photography exhibition “Tenjiku in Colour” from March 25 to April 23, 2022. This marks Watanabe’s third solo presentation with Zen Foto Gallery since her previous exhibitions “Tokyo University 1968–1969—Behind the Blockade” in 2015 and “Tekiya” in 2017.

Ever since Hitomi Watanabe first visited India and Nepal in 1972, her photography series “Tenjiku” taken in the two countries has become her life work. This exhibit… more

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New Hong Kong Photozine: Photography __ Studies

New Hong Kong Photozine: Photography __ Studies

15 Feb – 19 Mar 2022
One year ago in January 2021, Hong Kong photographer Chow san founded a photo zine under the title "Photography __ Studies" [攝影__學], hoping to showcase different works of photography created by artists in Hong Kong. He saw that while a variety of photographic art and artists exist in Hong Kong, a very few of them are being introduced by the mainstream media in Hong Kong. Instead of simply presenting them on the internet or social media like how these artists usually publi… more

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Seiji Kurata

Vintage Prints Exhibition

Vintage Prints Exhibition

Part 1: Night, Alleys & People

27 Nov – 25 Dec 2021
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of vintage prints by Kurata Seiji from November 27, 2021, to February 5, 2022. Kurata Seiji first studied photography in 1974 as one of the first students at the independent photography school “Workshop”, founded by Tomatsu Shomei, Araki Nobuyoshi, and other photographers. Since then, he has immediately shown his talent with his sharpened sense and outstanding technique by publishing numerous masterpieces in the snapshot format and has bec… more

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Shoko Hashimoto

Goze Asahi Graph Reprint

Goze Asahi Graph Reprint

21 Feb – 4 Apr 2020
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present a publication commemoration exhibition for Shoko Hashimoto’s “Goze Asahi Graph Reprint”. The photo exhibition will include 25 works in black and white selected from Hashimoto’s massive collection of negatives from a different perspective.

Half a century ago in the early 1970s, Hashimoto accompanied three blind female music entertainers called the goze on their travels from village to village along the Sea of Japan. Throughout the fo… more

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Muge

Ash

Ash

10 Jan – 8 Feb 2020
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present "Ash", a solo exhibition by Muge from January 10 to February 8 to commemorate the publication of Muge’s photobook under the same title. This is the third solo exhibition of the artist presented by the gallery. His previous exhibition "Ash" was presented in 2013 and "Go Home" was held in 2009, the first year Zen Foto Gallery was founded. Muge’s series "Ash" was photographed from 2010 until the recent years and is divided into three parts: "Still Life", "… more

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Bohnchang Koo

Clandestine Pursuit in the Long Afternoon

Clandestine Pursuit in the Long Afternoon

25 Oct – 21 Dec 2019
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present “Clandestine Pursuit in the Long Afternoon,” a solo exhibition of works by Koo Bohnchang from October 25 to November 22. First with the gallery, this exhibition commemorates the photobook publication of Koo’s black and white film street photography from 1985 to 1990, taken upon his return to Seoul from his studies in Germany.

While the Summer Olympics was soon to be taken place in Seoul in 1988, Koo witnessed the political turmoil and social unrest … more

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Yang Seung-Woo

We're shit but champions

We're shit but champions

Celebrating the new edition of "The Best Days" 

21 Jun – 13 Jul 2019
Domon Ken Award Winner Seung-Woo Yang’s exhibition with Zen Foto “We’re shit but champions” is a celebration of the release of the new edition of “The Best Days”, which has long been out of print after it was first published in 2012. "The Best Days" is Yang's earlier work photographed between 1999 to 2006 when he was studying photography in Tokyo. Driven by the suicide death of his comrade, Yang documented his life trajectory and people around h… more

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Issei Suda

A Personal Retrospective

A Personal Retrospective

24 May – 15 Jun 2019
Zen Foto Gallery will be holding a memorial exhibition for Issei Suda from May 24 to June 17 under the title “Issei Suda: A Personal Retrospective”. Last year, we published Suda’s photobook “The Mechanical Retina on My Fingertips” and were planning to exhibit the series during this period. We were extremely sad to learn about his passing earlier this year in March 7. Hoping to express our gratitude to Suda for kindly collaborating with us throughout these years, we … more

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Kazuyoshi Usui

Showa96

Showa96

8 Mar – 30 Mar 2019
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present Kazuyoshi Usui’s photography exhibition Showa96 from March 8 to 30. Having released Showa88 in 2011 and Showa92 in 2015, Showa96 is the third and final part of his Showa work.

“I am not trying to express nostalgia by naming my series ‘Showa’. To me, ‘Showa’ represents the ‘gritty determination to survive’. Rather, I am trying to create a world of fantasy, imagining if ‘Showa’ had continued to exis… more

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ERIC

Good Luck Hong Kong

Good Luck Hong Kong

11 Jan – 2 Feb 2019
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to present Eric’s “Good Luck Hong Kong”, his first solo exhibition with the gallery from January 11 to February 2, 2019. Eric left Hong Kong in 1997 when it was about to be handed back over to China. After spending 20 years in Japan and photographing people from different countries around the world, Eric had a strong urge to focus his lens on where he was born and raised - right up front with the “Hongkongese” people. The exhibition will… more

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Naoki Fuse

Dead man walking

Dead man walking

20 Oct – 2 Nov 2018
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to announce our second exhibition with Naoki Fuse from October 20 to November 2. The exhibition is Fuse’s challenge to present viewers his question towards the core value of photography. Most of the works will be in colour, selected from the works taken since the beginning of his photography career until now.

We live in the world and our own consciousness. After meeting various people and experiencing all kinds of feelings and thoughts, life comes to an end. Li… more

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John Sypal

ZUISHA

ZUISHA

9 Feb – 24 Feb 2018
Zen Foto Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of John Sypal’s Zuisha series from February 9th to 24th, 2018. The work shown will be a selection from his first photobook under the same titled published by Zen Foto Gallery in December 2017.

The first time the earliest of these pictures were exhibited was under the title An Endless Attraction. I felt it a proper summary of my feelings for her, and for photography itself. It’s about photographing life and living through photogr… more