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Ravens & Red Lipstick
Japanese Photography Since 1945
Brief Description
An accessible and visually rich study of Japanese photography since 1945 by an experienced curator specialising in Japanese art and culture. From the severity of post-war Realism to the diversity and technical ingenuity of the present, via movements and groups such as Vivo in the 1960s...
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Format: Paperback / softback
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An accessible and visually rich study of Japanese photography since 1945 by an experienced curator specialising in Japanese art and culture.
From the severity of post-war Realism to the diversity and technical ingenuity of the present, via movements and groups such as Vivo in the 1960s and 'girls' photography' in the 1990s, this visually bold and rich volume traces the development of Japanese photography since 1945. Interleaved are new interviews with some of the most influential practitioners in photographic history, from Moriyama Daido to Araki Nobuyoshi and Kawauchi Rinko.
Lena Fritsch writes with imagination and clarity, interrogating a cross-section of photographic movements and works against the vivid, shifting backdrop of Japanese social, cultural, and political history. The result is both an accessible introduction and an illuminating work of analysis for general readers and aficionados alike.
Discover the historical richness and the dynamic evolution of Japanese photography with Ravens & Red Lipstick.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780500297629
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 June 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Illustration: 153 Illustrations, black and white; 65 Illustrations, color
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 201.0mm
Height: 242.0mm
Weight: 1090g
Pages: 288
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About the Author
Lena Fritsch is a specialist in 20th- and 21st-century Japanese art and photography, and an experienced translator of the Japanese language. As Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Ashmolean Museum (University of Oxford), she works on exhibitions and displays of international art. Before joining the Ashmolean, she was Assistant Curator of International Art at Tate Modern, where she worked on acquisitions and displays of art from the Asia-Pacific region. Her publications include Yasumasa Morimura's 'Self-Portrait as Actress' (2008), The Body as a Screen: Japanese Art Photography of the 1990s (2011), an English-language edition of Moriyama Daido's Tales of Tono (2012) and Tokyo: Art & Photography (2021). She holds a PhD in Art History from Bonn University, Germany and also studied at Keio University, Tokyo. Fritsch lectures in Japanese photography at the University of Oxford, V&A and SOAS.
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