Posted:Nov 5, 2012

Tokyo Photo 2012

TABlog checks out the vernissage for the photography fair

This year Photo Gallery International paid a memorial tribute to legendary photographer Yasuhiro Ishimoto. He passed away in February at age ninety.
This year Photo Gallery International paid a memorial tribute to legendary photographer Yasuhiro Ishimoto. He passed away in February at age ninety.
Photo: Tracy Jones

Ishimoto was famous for his "Chicago, Chicago" photo series, but this is a great take on movement, patterns and symmetry.

Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, known for their beautiful surreal images.
Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, known for their beautiful surreal images.
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Inez & Vinoodh's female Sasquatch-like portrait next to what may be the same subject unmasked.
Inez & Vinoodh's female Sasquatch-like portrait next to what may be the same subject unmasked.
Photo: Tracy Jones

Inez & Vinoody again
Inez & Vinoody again
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Taka Ishii Gallery and Naoya Hatakeyama
Taka Ishii Gallery and Naoya Hatakeyama
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Up close, the boarded windows reveal contrasted details.
Up close, the boarded windows reveal contrasted details.
Photo: Tracy Jones

Photo: Tracy Jones

Camera Work and Steven Shapiro: 'Listen you fuckers...' Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s classic film, 'Taxi Driver'.
Camera Work and Steven Shapiro: 'Listen you fuckers...' Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s classic film, 'Taxi Driver'.
Photo: Tracy Jones

Visitors pack The Collector’s Lounge.
Visitors pack The Collector’s Lounge.
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Magda Danysz Gallery and JR
Magda Danysz Gallery and JR
Photo: Tracy Jones

JR, a prolific street artist, is known for wheat-pasting his building size portraits in cities around the world.
JR, a prolific street artist, is known for wheat-pasting his building size portraits in cities around the world.
Photo: Tracy Jones

JR playing with how cameras and guns both 'shoot'
JR playing with how cameras and guns both 'shoot'
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JR's triptych of a Muslim holy man, a Catholic priest, and a Rabbi. According to Magda Danysz Gallery, the Muslim man is on the Israeli side of the border. The Rabbi and Catholic are on the Palestinian side.
JR's triptych of a Muslim holy man, a Catholic priest, and a Rabbi. According to Magda Danysz Gallery, the Muslim man is on the Israeli side of the border. The Rabbi and Catholic are on the Palestinian side.
Photo: Tracy Jones

Photo: Tracy Jones

The Danziger Gallery and Tereza Vlčková. Vlčková is from the Czech Republic. According to the artist, in this series, children are trying to transcend into their darker selves.
The Danziger Gallery and Tereza Vlčková. Vlčková is from the Czech Republic. According to the artist, in this series, children are trying to transcend into their darker selves.
Photo: Tracy Jones

Photo: Tracy Jones

Two women stand near the Nikkei National Geographic space in the Collector’s Lounge.
Two women stand near the Nikkei National Geographic space in the Collector’s Lounge.
Photo: Tracy Jones

Picture Photo Space and Ayano Sudo
Picture Photo Space and Ayano Sudo
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Magnum Photos and Jonas Bendiksen
Magnum Photos and Jonas Bendiksen
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Ai Kowada Galllery and Futoshi Miyagi
Ai Kowada Galllery and Futoshi Miyagi
Photo: Tracy Jones

Photo: Tracy Jones

Tracy Jones

Tracy Jones

Tracy Jones is a writer born and raised in Orlando, FLA. He is the editor of <a href="http://www.themicrogiant.com">www.themicrogiant.com</a>, a blog that covers film, music, art and culture. He has also free-lanced for various publications like Dig In, Alarm Press, Metro Pop, Cooleh, and Under Pressure. He currently lives in Tokyo, Japan with his wife.