Dedicated to the display of photography, Rat Hole Gallery has in the last 12 months held exhibition of such re-known photographers as Daido Moriyama, Nobuyoshi Araki, Boris Mikhailov and others. Tuesday night saw the opening of an exhibition by a younger Japanese photographer, Osamu Wataya. His photojournalistic works bring to mind Daido Moriyama’s street photography and the uncanny and disturbing subjects of Diane Arbus’ work.
Born in Poland. She has lived in New York since 1996, where she attended college and graduate school. To escape the routine of science labs in college, she went to the movies daily. Following an MA in Cinema Studies, she roams Tokyo as a writer, visiting art galleries daily and blogging about art events. She's looking for opportunities to write about art and cinema for all types of publications. Contact via email: aneta [at] tokyoartbeat [dot ]com.