LEMAIRE Holds Photo Exhibition in Ebisu, Tokyo, with 21 Participants Including Genpei Akasegawa and Agnès Varda
LEMAIRE holds its second photo exhibition in Ebisu, Tokyo, featuring 21 photographers including Genpei Akasegawa and Agnès Varda.Summary
Fashion brand LEMAIRE will hold a photo exhibition titled "A Box of Impressions, Tokyo" at LEMAIRE EBISU in Ebisu, Tokyo, starting November 26. This is the brand's second photo exhibition, following "A Box of Impressions – Palais Royal" held in Paris in spring 2026. The Tokyo edition is co-curated by Sarah-Linh Tran, LEMAIRE's co-artistic director, and Japanese curator Sawako Fukai, building on the Paris iteration at LEMAIRE EBISU, a renovated 1960s private residence. The 21 participating photographers from diverse generations and cultural backgrounds include Genpei Akasegawa, Vivian Sassen, Mikiko Hara, Tokuko Ushioda, Takashi Homma, Masato Seto, Yoshihiko Ueda, and Agnès Varda. A distinctive feature of the exhibition is its unique display format: postcard-sized prints are made from ten photographs by each artist and placed in specially designed boxes, allowing visitors to pick up and engage with the works as if on a treasure hunt. The composition of the works incorporates 18 words and phrases selected from novelist Mariko Asabuki's book "TIMELESS" (2018), presenting the photographs in a non-linear arrangement unbound by chronology. The venue also includes a library curated by twelvebooks, an independent art book distributor and publisher, where visitors can browse publications by participating artists. The exhibited prints are limited to 10 copies each and sold at 5,000 yen per print. LEMAIRE co-artistic directors Christophe Lemaire and Sarah-Linh Tran describe the project as "an attempt to regard photography as a 'sign' for observing, reading, and interpreting the world."
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