In the years following the Second World War in Japan, photography played an important role in the development of a new national identity. From the shock of the atomic bomb to the country's re-emergence at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, important photographers documented the birth of a new Japanese nation. This exhibition includes 123 photographs, as well as book...

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Studio Equis presents Tokyo Stories, a group exhibition revealing the multiple faces of Tokyo from the 1930s to the present day. A limited edition portfolio of 9 Digigraphie prints by Epson will be available at Kulturhuset during the exhibition.

With over 100 rare prints, many of which have previously never been seen outside of Japan, Tokyo Stories shows the dramatic evolution of...

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Focusing on street life, its spontaneity and drama, three of Japan’s leading photographers document a city in change. With close to 100 rare prints, many of which have previously never been seen outside of Japan, Tokyo Stories reveals the changing faces of Tokyo from the 1930s until the present day.
 
Tokyo is a city of contrasts, a kaleidoscope of images, where the fut...

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Concept

On August 15th, 1945 the Pacific War came to an end and with it fourteen years of bombings, of deprivation and of great sacrifice for the Japanese people. With the collapse of Japanese militaristic rule and the arrival of the US occupation forces, the nation suddenly found itself thrust into a new and uncertain era. The myth of the Emperor's divinity, which was born durin...

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Studio Equis présente, avec le soutien d’Epson, une exposition exceptionnelle, « Tokyo Stories », chez Artcurial du 8 au 15 novembre 2008. Près de 100 tirages rares, inédits pour la plupart hors du Japon, révèlent les personnalités multiples de Tokyo, des années 1930 à la fin du XXe siècle, à travers les oeu...

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