http://japan-photo.info/blog A blog about Japanese photography, seen from abroad :-) Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:10:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a short post after a long hiatus, but I hope to post more in the upcoming months. I know I wrote a few times about Rinko Kawauchi - with whom I had a very pleasant dinner in Tokyo a few weeks ago -, but since this is the first time ... http://japan-photo.info/blog/2008/04/06/rinko-kawauchi-utatane-exhibition-in-paris/ I packed my bag and I am off to South East Asia for to spend some leisure time. A great 2008 to everybody! 新年明けましおめでとうございます！ShareThis http://japan-photo.info/blog/2007/12/25/happy-new-year-2/ When I went to Japan in the second half of the 1990s for to research Modern Japanese photography I was fortunate to meet the photographer Eiji Ina who introduced me to the contemporary photography scene in Tokyo. At that time it was nearly impossible for foreigners without a well ... http://japan-photo.info/blog/2007/10/18/mikiko-hara/ It’s not the first time that I write about Daido Moriyama. The reason is simple: Daido Moriyama is one of my favorite photographers. His photographs and his books - especially the book Shashinyo Sayônara (Farewell Photography) - had a huge impact on my initial idea of Japanese photography. Therefore it ... http://japan-photo.info/blog/2007/10/07/daido-moriyama-in-cologne/ John Szarkowski, a curator who almost single-handedly elevated photography’s status in the last half-century to that of a fine art, making his case in seminal writings and landmark exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, died in on Saturday in Pittsfield, Mass. He was 81. [Quote: New York ... http://japan-photo.info/blog/2007/07/10/john-szarkowski-1925-2007-and-japanese-photography/