Unique Photo Events Continue to Bloom Across Tokyo ~ "Photo Weeks Tokyo"

Amana Holdings' "IMA Media Project" collectively refers to 29 distinctive photography exhibitions held in Tokyo from October to November as "Photo Weeks Tokyo." Through a special website and the special edition booklet 'IMA,' it disseminates information and proposes new ways to enjoy photography and a lifestyle incorporating photography.

From October 5th, "TOKYO 1970 by Japanese Photographers 9" (organized by IMA Media Project) is being held at the Armani / Ginza Tower in Chuo Ward, Tokyo (until October 29th).

The exhibition displays approximately 300 works by nine photographers representative of the 1970s: Yasunari Arita, Saku Sawatari, Kazumasa Suda, Yoshihiro Tachiki, Shuji Terayama, Masatoshi Naito, Eikoh Hosoe, Daido Moriyama, and Katsumi Watanabe. At the opening reception on October 4, curator Akiyoshi Nagasawa stated, "Frankly, I consider it an 'event' that this group has come together." Yoshihiro Tachiki reflected, "The 70s were a chaotic time when everyone was striving hard. Looking back, I wonder if it was actually an interesting era."

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① Yasunari Arita "First Born" ② Saku Sawada "Kinky" ③ Kazumasa Suda "My Tokyo 100" ④ Yoshihiro Tachiki "Tongue-Sticking Angel" ⑤ Shuji Terayama "The Mysterious Guest" ⑥ Masatoshi Naito "Tokyo" ⑦ Eikoh Hosoe "Simon: My Scenery" ⑧ Daido Moriyama "Goodbye, Photography" ⑨ Katsumi Watanabe "Shinjuku Bandits"

Photo Weeks Tokyo also features: "Terayama Shuji 'Knock'" at Watarium Museum of Contemporary Art, Shibuya (until October 27); "Suda Kazumasa 'A Sliver of Calm'" at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Meguro (until December 1); "Unnamed Men and Women: Tokyo, 1976-78" at Gallery Tōsei, Nakano (until October 26).