青年、秋田市仁井田 Young Men, Niida, Akita City
A gelatin silver print by Ihei Kimura depicting young men in Niida, Akita City, likely printed in the 1960s. This work captures the essence of post-war Japanese youth culture and social documentary.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print, probably printed 1960s.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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Photographs
May 25, 2022
Artists in conversation
Ken Domon
Japanese · b. 1909
Domon was a pioneering Japanese social documentary photographer who used gelatin silver prints to capture postwar Japanese life with unflinching realism and humanism, directly paralleling Kimura's approach to portraying ordinary people in regional Japan.
Hiroshi Hamaya
Japanese · b. 1915
Hamaya documented rural and regional Japanese communities in the postwar decades using black and white photography, sharing Kimura's sensitivity to capturing authentic everyday life and youth in traditional Japanese settings outside major cities.
Shomei Tomatsu
Japanese · b. 1930
Tomatsu was a master of postwar Japanese documentary photography who portrayed Japanese youth and social identity during the 1950s and 1960s using gelatin silver prints, reflecting the same era and cultural concerns visible in Kimura's portrait of young men in Akita.
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