How Japanese Female Photographers Channeled Exclusion Into Experimentation
Pauline Vermare and Lesley Martin and Takeuchi Mariko | Literary Hub | 20th September 2024
Japan has a strong lineage in photography and some of its stars have global reputations. Those stars are all men. A new publication and “canon-revising” exhibition highlights that country’s female photographers who have long battled for attention. While covering some of the same tough subjects as the men (sex workers, big city street life), they also offer perspectives on domesticity and women’s roles that are “both delicate and blunt”. A revelation. A long essay on the topic is here.