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I'm So Happy You Are Here

Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now
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A critical and celebratory counter-narrative to what we know of Japanese photography today. I'm So Happy You Are Here presents a much-needed counterpoint, complement, and challenge to historical precedents and the established canon of Japanese photography. This restorative history presents a wide range of photographic approaches... Read More
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A critical and celebratory counter-narrative to what we know of Japanese photography today.

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A critical and celebratory counter-narrative to what we know of Japanese photography today.

I'm So Happy You Are Here presents a much-needed counterpoint, complement, and challenge to historical precedents and the established canon of Japanese photography. This restorative history presents a wide range of photographic approaches brought to bear on the lived experiences and perspectives of women in Japanese society.

Editors Pauline Vermare and Lesley A. Martin, curator and writer Takeuchi Mariko, and photo-historians Carrie Cushman and Kelly Midori McCormick provide a critical historical and contemporary framework for understanding the work in three richly illustrated essays. Additional context is provided by an in-depth illustrated bibliography by Marc Feustel and Russet Lederman, and a selection of key critical writings from leading Japanese curators, critics, and historians such as Kasahara Michiko, Fuku Noriko, and others, many of which will be published in translation for the first time.

While this book does not claim to be fully comprehensive or encyclopedic, its goal is to provide a solid foundation for a more thorough conversation about the contributions of Japanese women to photography and an indispensable resource for anyone interested in a more robust history of Japanese photography.

Made possible in partnership with the Rencontres d'Arles and Kering.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781597115537

Publisher: Aperture

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 July 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Aperture

Illustration: 400 black-and-white and four-color images

Contributors:

  • Edited by Pauline Vermare
  • Edited by Lesley A. Martin
  • Text by Takeuchi Mariko
  • Text by Carrie Cushman
  • Text by Kelly Midori McCormick
  • Contributions by Marc Feustel
  • Contributions by Russet Lederman
  • Photographs by Hara Mikiko
  • Photographs by Ishikawa Mao

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 1020g

Pages: 440

About the Author

Pauline Vermare is the Phillip and Edith Leonian Curator of Photography, Brooklyn Museum. She was previously the cultural director of Magnum Photos NY, and a curator at the International Center of Photography, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, Paris.

Lesley A. Martin is executive director of Printed Matter. Previously, she was the creative director of Aperture, where she served as editor on more than one hundred fifty books on photography, and was the founding publisher of The PhotoBook Review.

Takeuchi Mariko is a photography critic, curator, and professor at Kyoto University of the Arts. Previously, she served as visiting researcher at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and at the National Museum of Art, Osaka.

Carrie Cushman is the Edith Dale Monson Gallery Director and Curator at the Hartford Art School. She holds a PhD in art history from Columbia University and is a specialist in postwar and contemporary art and photography from Japan. With Kelly Midori McCormick, she was principal investigator and codirector of the website Behind the Camera: Gender, Power, and Politics in the History of Japanese Photography.

Kelly Midori McCormick is an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia. She received her PhD from University of California, Los Angeles, and an MA in East Asian languages and cultures from Columbia University. With Carrie Cushman, she was principal investigator and codirector of the website Behind the Camera: Gender, Power, and Politics in the History of Japanese Photography.

Marc Feustel is a Paris-based independent curator, writer, and editor specialising in Japanese photography.

Russet Lederman is a writer, editor, and photobook collector based in New York. Previously, she taught art writing at the School of Visual Arts and cofounded 10x10 Photobooks.

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