I-Photography (Shi-shashin) Photography

I-Photography (Shi-shashin) is an important thread within the history of photography. It can be understood as a Japanese photographic mode that emerged in the 1970s. This movement page brings together photographers, eras, and related contexts so readers can see how the approach developed, where it circulated, and which artists help define its historical position.

Basic facts
MovementI-Photography (Shi-shashin)
Photographers2

Overview

A Japanese photographic mode that emerged in the 1970s.

Photographers

🇯🇵JP1934–2012
Masahisa Fukase
Japanese Photography
Japanese PhotographyI-Photography (Shi-shashin)

Born in 1934 and deceased in 2012, Masahisa Fukase is known for intensely personal photography centered on family, his wife Yoko, solitude, and psychic collapse.

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🇯🇵JP1940–
Nobuyoshi Araki
Personal Photography
I-Photography (Shi-shashin)Japanese Photography

Nobuyoshi Araki built his art from the most intimate material available: his own life.

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