Five Views — La photographie japonaise émergente

Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris

La Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris is hosting « Five Views », an exhibition bringing together five rising figures of contemporary Japanese photography. Designed by T3 PHOTO FESTIVAL TOKYO, the exhibition Five Views – La photographie japonaise émergente brings together the artists THE COPY TRAVELERS, Kenji Chiga, Mayumi Suzuki, Eri Minamikawa and Shohei Miyachi. Through singular approaches, each one questions the relationships between image, memory, identity, body, family and contemporary Japanese society. ; Credits: © ERI MINAMIKAWA: FROM GARDENING The works presented notably address the memory of the 2011 catastrophe, the transformations of the landscape, the changes in the family unit, social structures, or even the mechanisms of image reproduction. Together, they draw a sensitive and multiple portrait of contemporary Japan while highlighting the new directions of Japanese photography. ; Credits: ©THE COPY TRAVELERS: TCT-MARU (THE NIGHT BRONZE BILLY CAME HOME), 2024 This exhibition is organized as part of the Focus sur la nouvelle photographie japonaise of the Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, in partnership with T3 PHOTO FESTIVAL TOKYO. The project is furthermore labeled Bicentenaire de la photographie by the ministère de la Culture and is part of the official program of celebrations for the 200 years of photography. ; Credits: © MAYUMI SUZUKI: The Tide’s Gift: Tracing the Memories of Onagawa, 2024 Two conferences will accompany the exhibition: - « Déplacement du regard. La photographie japonaise de l’après-guerre à nos jours » (6 October 2026) will retrace the major developments of the medium through a dialogue between the exhibition curator, Miho Odaka, and Héloïse Conésa, curator at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. - « NEW TALENTS - Regards d’une nouvelle génération » (12 November 2026), will bring together the photographers of the exhibition as well as Mutsuko Ota, director of the T3 NEW TALENT program. ; Credits: © KENJI CHIGA: FROM HIJACK GENI

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