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Tanuma Takeyoshi "Viva Humanity!"
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
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Takeyoshi Tanuma
Takeyoshi Tanuma graduated from the Tokyo College of Photography (now Tokyo Polytechnic University), then studied with the photographer Ihee Kimura. As a part-time photographer at the monthly art magazine Geijutsu Shincho, he photographed artists and literary figures. He later became a contract photographer for Time Life and produced dazzling work in the world of photojournalism. From 1972, he engaged in what became his life’s work, photographing the children of the world. He accompanied UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi on her visits to various countries, at his own expense, and made his way to more than 120 countries and regions throughout his life.
Tanuma vigorously photographed at home and abroad and continued to show his work throughout his life, his healthy curiosity and energy never declining. He also mentored younger generations of photographers at his alma mater, Tokyo College of Photography (Tokyo Polytechnic University), and held a succession of important positions in the world of photography, including being chairman of the Japan Professional Photographers Society and the Japan Photographic Copyright Association and representing the Japan Photographic Preservation Center. He concentrated his energies on promoting public awareness of Japan’s culture of photography and on copyright protection for photography, in which he performed a significant role. This exhibition presents, for the first time, his unpublished new work Musashino, while tracing Tanuma’s career as a photographer, seven decades during which he steadily observed the human drama with a humanistic gaze.
Tanuma vigorously photographed at home and abroad and continued to show his work throughout his life, his healthy curiosity and energy never declining. He also mentored younger generations of photographers at his alma mater, Tokyo College of Photography (Tokyo Polytechnic University), and held a succession of important positions in the world of photography, including being chairman of the Japan Professional Photographers Society and the Japan Photographic Copyright Association and representing the Japan Photographic Preservation Center. He concentrated his energies on promoting public awareness of Japan’s culture of photography and on copyright protection for photography, in which he performed a significant role. This exhibition presents, for the first time, his unpublished new work Musashino, while tracing Tanuma’s career as a photographer, seven decades during which he steadily observed the human drama with a humanistic gaze.
Schedule | Jun 2 (Fri) 2023-Jul 30 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥700; University Students ¥560; High School and Junior High School Students, Seniors 65 & Over ¥350; Persons with Disability Certificates + 2 Companion free. | ||||
| Website | http://topmuseum.jp/e/contents/exhibition/index-4533.html | ||||
| Venue | Tokyo Photographic Art Museum http://topmuseum.jp/e/contents/index.html | ||||
| Location | Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, 153-0062 Tokyo | ||||
| Access | 7 minute walk from the East exit of Ebisu Station on the JR Yamanote and Saikyo lines, 11 minute walk from exit 1 at Ebisu Station on the Hibiya line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3280-0099 | ||||
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