Title & Author:

In the wake : Japanese photographers respond to 3/11 / Anne Nishimura Morse and Anne E. Havinga ; with contributions by Michio Hayashi, Marilyn Ivy, and Tomoko Nagakura.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Boston : MFA Publications, [2015]
New York : ARTBOOK/D.A.P.
©2015

Description:

207 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 33 cm

Notes:
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, April 5 - July 12, 2015.
Includes bibliographical references.
Director's foreword -- Prologue / Anne Nishimura Morse, Anne E. Havinga -- Nobuyoshi Araki -- Kōzō Miyoshi -- Keizō Kitajima -- Rinko Kawauchi -- Naoya Hatakeyama -- Lieko Shiga -- Ishu Han -- Masato Seto -- Shimpei Takeda -- Takashi Homma -- Masaru Tatsuki -- Takashi Arai -- Tomoko Yoneda -- Kikuji Kawada -- Daisuke Yokota -- Reflections in the wake of 3/11 / Anne Nishimura Morse, Anne E. Havinga -- Reframing the tragedy: lessons from post-3/11 Japan / Michio Hayashi -- The end of the line: Tōhoku in the photographic imagination / Marilyn Ivy -- Artist biographies / Tomoko Nagakura.

Summary:

The catastrophic events of March 11, 2011-- the earthquake, tsunami, and ensuing nuclear meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant have been called the triple disaster in Japan. Among the first artists to respond to these experiences were photographers. Some, including those with personal ties to the affected Tohoku region, attempted to document the devastation, drawing on a long history of depicting natural disasters in Japanese art. As the immediate effects of the earthquake and tsunami gave way to the slowly unfolding nuclear disaster, artists began to respond to the challenges of depicting an invisible threat that calls up the collective memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The resulting images assembled in this lavishly illustrated volume are by turns poignant, searing, disturbing and often strangely beautiful.

ISBN:

9780878468270 (hd. bd.)
0878468277 (hd. bd.)

Subject:

Arai, Takashi.
Araki, Nobuyoshi, 1940-
Han, Ishu.
Hatakeyama, Naoya, 1958-
Honma, Takashi, 1962-
Kawada, Kikuji.
Kawauchi, Rinko, 1972-
Kitajima, Keizō.
Miyoshi, Kōzō.
Araki (Nobuyoshi ; 1940-).
Hatakeyama (Naoya ; 1958-).
Honma (Takashi ; 1962-).
Kawauchi (Rinko ; 1972-).
Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011 Pictorial works.
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 Pictorial works.
Documentary photography Japan Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Tremblement de terre et tsunami du Nord-Est, Japon, 2011 Ouvrages illustrés.
Accident nucléaire de Fukushima, Japon, 2011 Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Photographie documentaire Japon Expositions.
Photography, Artistic
Japan
Japan Tōhoku Region

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Pictorial works
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Morse, Anne Nishimura, writer of supplementary textual content.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, host institution.

Japanese photographers respond to 3/11

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290242
Call No.: BIB 233169
Status: Available