ROSPHOTO, September 7 - October 7, 2012
St. Petersburg, ul. Bolshaya Morskaya, 35

yesterday ROSPHOTO exhibition "100 years of Tokyo", consists of photographs of the new gallery of the Japan Institute of the photo industry (JCII). In the project "100 Years of Tokyo", prepared for the 10th anniversary of the galleries, combined work 40 Japanese photographers, reflecting the history of the capital of Japan for the past 100 years.

TAKEESHI Tanuma Two traveling in a car of his own invention. 1962 Source: rosphoto.org

Ricky Nakamura girl taking a bath in oil drums, Togosi, Shinagawa-ku. 1946 Source: rosphoto.org

the end of the XIX century (by this time, are the earliest pictures in the exhibition) was nearly 30 years since the capital was moved to Edo, which was renamed later in Tokyo. appearance of the city at that time reflected the lifestyle changes caused by the emergence of new technologies that come from abroad.

Japan early XX century by professional photographers were mostly owners of studios, others focus on amateur photography. Cameras were pretty heavy, use dry plate. albumin image is printed on paper. then, to give a more realistic look, the prints were painted by hand. The exhibition includes works belonging to this period (for example, pictures of Yokohama.) Around the same time, there were art Greeting . The exhibition shows a number of postcards with views of Tokyo early twentieth century.

In 1912, the company "Eastman Kodak" presented "Kodak pocket camera", which for many years was very popular in Japan. At the exhibition in Japan this traditional technology is the work of two artists.

Besides those already mentioned owners studios, professional photographers in Japan at the same time were staff members of newspapers. At the beginning of 1930 - s, when the number of issues increased illustrated press, publishers began to attract and freelance photographers.

Enoske Natori (1910-1962) studied photography in Germany, where he worked as a photojournalist in a local company " Ulshtayn. "Returning to Japan, he established a photographic studio, where he taught the young Japanese photographer" technique photo essay. "He was the first in Japan coined this term. Ihee Kimura (1901-1974), Kiyoshi Sonobe (1921-1996) and Nagano Sigeiti (b. 1926), whose works are on display, was one of those who worked under the influence of creativity Natori.

Anonymous. Flowering cherry on the banks of the river in Koganei Around 1890 Source: rosphoto.org

Yoshitaka Nakatani views of Tokyo and Mount Fuji from Bunkyo Civic Center. 1999 Source: rosphoto.org

Photographs of the 1930s is shown in Japan, getting ready for war. In 1945, after the surrender, Tokyo was poor, and his task was to complete reconstruction. So we see the city in the post-war photographs. In 1964 in Tokyo hosted the Olympic Games. On display are photographs showing the updated Tokyo this period. Some pictures of the day devoted to the problem of environmental pollution.

It may be that in the XXI century the capital Japan will become a city in any other place in the country, even far away from Tokyo. Especially important to remember Tokyo as it was and what it is now.

In addition to photos of this exhibition shows portraits of people in the capital, representing the face of modern Japan. among them politicians, writers, artists, actors and business people.

Source : rosphoto.org