"Cutting," 1971 © Keiji Uematsu

Keiji Uematsu’s exhibit at Yumiko Chiba Associates ¹ in Shinjuku, up until 6/8, is excellent. YCA not a large space but Uematsu’s mix of photography and sculpture matches it well. I’ve already been twice, and I’ll try to go back again.

© Wataru Yamamoto

Wataru Yamamoto will hold an exhibition of “Drawing a Line” at photographers’ gallery ¹ in Shinjuku, from 6/4 – 6/16. The exhibit will serve as a (somewhat belated) celebration of the publication of his book with MCV MCV ².

Wataru and I will have a talk event on Saturday, June 8 starting from 4pm, and there will be an opening reception from 6pm.

Space Cadet ¹ is at it again; after last year’s “Actual Exhibition #1,” ² they’re following up with “Actual Exhibition #2.” Once again the exhibit will be held at Turner Gallery ³. Dates are 5/24 – 6/2.

© Chung Chu-Ha

Korean photographer Chu-Ha Chung has a show of his work “Does Spring Comes to Stolen Fields?” at Session House  in Kagurazaka, through May 16. The website ¹ is kind of a mess, so here’s a link to a map ² of the gallery.

Last year I wrote a long article for American Photo ³ explaining the background of this work, which draws its title from a Korean poem written under Japanese occupation. I don’t want to bill this exhibit as a Shiga-esque ⁴ tour de force, but I would recommend seeing it if you can.

I can’t embed it, but there are some good quotes in this talk ¹. I think I linked this somewhere before, but I’m posting it again in the interest of making this blog more functional as a research archive.

"Total Opposition to the Airport, 1970" © Kazuo Kitai

I wrote about Kazuo Kitai for the most recent issue of LPV Magazine ¹. Kitai is an extremely important photographer who is just starting to get some recognition in the past few years. I hope to eventually write about his work at greater length.

© Daisuke Yokota

I’m surprised I didn’t link to this interview I did with Daisuke Yokota ¹ before, or that I haven’t written anything about him on this blog yet, given that in the past year he’s become one of the most talked-about photographers in Japan. The interview is almost a year old now, but it’s still a good explanation of what he’s doing.