Kotaro Iizawa | Photo Walk 09 - From Eye to Eye (September - November 2025)
Kotaro Iizawa reviews various Japanese photography exhibitions and photobook releases from September through November 2025.Summary
This installment of Kotaro Iizawa's 'Photo Walk' covers several significant Japanese photography exhibitions and publications between September and November 2025. Highlights include Aya Fujioka's 'Life Studies' at the new Kosha Kosha Akihabara, Mitsugu Onishi's early work showing influences from Kazumasa Suda, and Rei Endo's experimental collage approach to snowboard photography. The review also critiques the T3 PHOTO FESTIVAL for feeling 'thin' despite featuring diverse talent, praises the immersive installations by Chikako Yamashiro and Rieko Shiga, and discusses GOTO AKI's non-linear documentation of the Kii Road. Other featured artists include Eriko Masaoka, whose monochrome work echoes predecessors like Masahisa Fukase, and Hitoichi Murakami with his collection of subconscious imagery in 'Dream within a Dream.' The piece concludes with observations on exhibitions by Shigeo Ueda, Ryoichi Yahagi's commentary on nuclear issues, Mariko Takahashi's mature seaside work, and Daisuke Yokota's fundamental re-examination of the act of photography.
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