Kohtaroh Iizawa | Photo Stroll 14 -- From Eye to Eye (July 2026 - September 2026)
Photography critic Kohtaroh Iizawa reviews exhibitions and photobooks he saw between July and September 2026 in the 14th installment of his series.Summary
In the 14th installment of his series "Photo Stroll," photography critic Kohtaroh Iizawa discusses photography exhibitions and photobooks from July to September 2026. He opens with Nao Nakai's photo-essay collection "Yureru Suimyaku" and her photobook "Umi no O," sensing that something significant is shifting in the photography world. He then reviews: Tokihiro Sato's solo exhibition at Canon Gallery S; Elisa Eymery's "Atode Ne" exhibition; Natsumi Hayashi's AI-assisted photobook "THE GIRL"; the 42nd Higashikawa International Photo Festival and the Higashikawa Award exhibition; "MEMORIES OF WEST AFRICA" at Setagaya Art Museum; Masafumi Sanai's solo show "Sanai-san" and the reissue of his debut "Ikiteiru"; Makiko Ui's "ankoraci" exhibition on the Ainu; Mayumi Terada's "Presence of Absence" exhibition; "Sensibility Reproduced -- Daido Moriyama" at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum; Nozomi Suzuki's "Looking Through Glass"; Nao Nakai's "Umi no O" exhibition; Mika Ninagawa's "First Light"; and Tokitama's "Red Shinjuku Black Shinjuku" exhibition. The article surveys diverse photographic expressions and new developments by these artists.
(Source：artscape)