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Yasuhiro Ishimoto — Young Girl, Barefoot, Holding Package of Candy Cigarettes
Yasuhiro Ishimoto

Young Girl, Barefoot, Holding Package of Candy Cigarettes

A young girl stands barefoot, clutching a package of candy cigarettes in Ishimoto's striking mid-century black-and-white photograph. The gelatin silver print captures an intimate, unguarded moment that balances childhood innocence with an unexpectedly adult prop. Ishimoto's masterful use of light and shadow gives the image a quiet, contemplative tension rooted in his dual Japanese-American perspective.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1962.

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October 8, 2015

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Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Young Girl, Barefoot, Holding Package of Candy Cigarettes

A young girl stands barefoot, clutching a package of candy cigarettes in Ishimoto's striking mid-century black-and-white photograph. The gelatin silver print captures an intimate, unguarded moment that balances childhood innocence with an unexpectedly adult prop. Ishimoto's masterful use of light and shadow gives the image a quiet, contemplative tension rooted in his dual Japanese-American perspective.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1962.
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Related themes

Japanese Photographer, 20th Century, Humanist Photography, Mid Century Modern, Contemplative Mood, Male Artist, Documentary Style, Documentary Photography, Black and White Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, Candid Portrait, Intimate Mood, Silver Gelatin Print, Square Format, Postwar Era, Childhood Portrait, Street Photography, Mid-Century Photography, Black and White, Childhood Subject

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