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I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now
I’m So Happy You Are Here presents a much-needed counterpoint, complement, and challenge to historical precedents and the established canon of Japanese photography. This restorative history presents a wide range of photographic approaches brought to bear on the lived experiences and perspectives of women in Japanese society.
Editors Pauline Vermare and Lesley A. Martin, curator and writer Takeuchi Mariko, and photo-historians Carrie Cushman and Kelly Midori McCormick provide a critical historical and contemporary framework for understanding the work in three richly illustrated essays. Additional context is provided by an in-depth illustrated bibliography by Marc Feustel and Russet Lederman, and a selection of key critical writings from leading Japanese curators, critics, and historians such as Kasahara Michiko, Fuku Noriko, and others, many of which will be published in translation for the first time.
While this book does not claim to be fully comprehensive or encyclopedic, its goal is to provide a solid foundation for a more thorough conversation about the contributions of Japanese women to photography—and an indispensable resource for anyone interested in a more robust history of Japanese photography.
Editors Pauline Vermare and Lesley A. Martin, curator and writer Takeuchi Mariko, and photo-historians Carrie Cushman and Kelly Midori McCormick provide a critical historical and contemporary framework for understanding the work in three richly illustrated essays. Additional context is provided by an in-depth illustrated bibliography by Marc Feustel and Russet Lederman, and a selection of key critical writings from leading Japanese curators, critics, and historians such as Kasahara Michiko, Fuku Noriko, and others, many of which will be published in translation for the first time.
While this book does not claim to be fully comprehensive or encyclopedic, its goal is to provide a solid foundation for a more thorough conversation about the contributions of Japanese women to photography—and an indispensable resource for anyone interested in a more robust history of Japanese photography.
440 pages, Hardcover
First published June 26, 2024
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May 17, 2025
Na het zien van deze schitterende, veelzijdige expo in het Fotomuseum van Den Haag, lag de catalogus daar onweerstaanbaar te lonken. Ondanks het prijskaartje toch gedaan (wat kan je anders, met een dochter die fotografie studeert en naar Japan wil) en geen seconde spijt van: 400 pagina's met vooral foto's van de 26 uitgelezen en eclectisch bij elkaar gebrachte fotografen, actief van de jaren '50 tot nu, plus de nodige duiding en achtergrond bij de nog steeds onvolledige, maar groeiende en boeiende geschiedenis van vrouwelijke fotografen in Japan. Het zorgde voor dagenlang, om niet te zeggen jarenlang kijk- en leesplezier!
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