Ōri Umesaka

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Ōri Umesaka (梅阪 鶯里, Umesaka Ōri, 1900–1965) was a Japanese photographer.[1] He was considered a major figure of mid-century Japanese photography.[2]

Career[]

Umesaka joined the in 1920.[3] He first publicly exhibited his work in November 1922.[4] In November 1926, he won first prize in the first Japan Photography Grand Salon.[4] He was a founding member of , a photography group that focused on innovative techniques.[4][5] Formed in 1927, the group first exhibited in 1928, but became defunct around 1930.[4][6]

Style[]

Umesaka's 1924 photograph Smoking City was considered unusual for Japanese photography at the time, as it depicted an urban-industrial landscape.[7] Urban themes became common in Japanese photography in later years.[8] He often worked in gum bichromate, such as in Smoking City and Bamboo Forest.[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ (in Japanese) Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (『日本写真家事典』, Nihon shashinka jiten). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8
  2. ^ Tucker, Anne; Friis-Hansen, Dana; Iizawa, Kōtarō; Ryuichi, Kaneko; Kinoshita, Naoyuki; Joe, Takeba (2003). The History of Japanese Photography. Yale University Press. p. 108. ISBN 0300099258.
  3. ^ Tucker et. al 2003, p. 318.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Tucker et. al 2003, p. 319.
  5. ^ Susette, Min (Fall 2014). "Speculative Frameworks: Approaching the Interwar Years Work of Shinsaku Izumi and Nakaji Yasui". The Trans-Asia Photography Review. 5 (1). ISSN 2158-2025.
  6. ^ Tucker et. al 2003, p. 374.
  7. ^ Tucker et. al 2003, p. 8.
  8. ^ Stahl, David C.; Williams, Mark (2010). Imag(in)ing the War in Japan: Representing and Responding to Trauma in Postwar Literature and Film. BRILL. ISBN 978-9004182981.
  9. ^ Tucker et. al 2003, p. 109.
  10. ^ Tucker et. al 2003, p. 126.



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