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List Of Museums Devoted To One Photographer
This is a list of museums, galleries, or studios devoted or dedicated to a single photographer, or a single pair of photographers. (Many of them host exhibitions of the work of other photographers.) Canada * Notman, William (1826–1891) – Notman Photographic Archives (Montréal, Québec) Czech Republic * Sudek, Josef (1896–1976) – Josef Sudek Gallery (1995–; Prague) Egypt * Nagy, Mohamed (1888–1956) – Mohamed Nagy Museum (1968–; Giza, Greater Cairo) France * Cartier-Bresson, Henri (1908–2004) – Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation (2003–; Paris) * Doisneau, Robert (1912–1994) – Maison de la photographie Robert Doisneau (1997–; Gentilly) * Franck, Martine (1938–2012) – Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation (2003–; Paris) * Niépce, Nicéphore (1765–1833) – Nicéphore Niépce Museum (Chalon-sur-Saône) Germany * Sander, August (1876–1964) – August Sander Archive (1992–; Cologne) Japan * Domon Ken (1909–1990) – Ken Domon Museum of Photograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Notman
William Notman (8 March 1826 – 25 November 1891) was a Scottish-Canadian photographer and businessman. The Notman House in Montreal was his home from 1876 until his death in 1891, and it has since been named after him. Biography Notman was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1826, and he moved to Montreal in the summer of 1856. An amateur photographer, he quickly established a flourishing professional photography studio on Bleury Street, a location close to Montreal's central commercial district. His first important commission was the documentation of the construction of the Victoria Bridge across the St. Lawrence River. The bridge opened with great fanfare in 1860, attended by the Prince of Wales and Notman's camera. The gift to the prince of a maple box containing Notman's photographs of the construction of the bridge and scenes of Canada East and Canada West so pleased Queen Victoria that, according to family tradition, she named him "Photographer to the Queen." The fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalon-sur-Saône
Chalon-sur-Saône (, literally ''Chalon on Saône'') is a city in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the largest city in the department; however, the department capital is the smaller city of Mâcon. Geography Chalon-sur-Saône lies in the south of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and in the east of France, approximately north of Mâcon. It is located on the Saône river, and was once a busy port, acting as a distribution point for local wines which were sent up and down the Saône river and the Canal du Centre, opened in 1792. History Ancient times Though the site (ancient ''Cabillonum'') was a capital of the Aedui and objects of La Tène culture have been retrieved from the bed of the river here, the first mention of ''Cavillonum'' is found in Commentarii de Bello Gallico (VII, chs. 42 and 90). The Roman city already served as a river port and hub of road communications, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Álvarez Bravo
Manuel Álvarez Bravo (February 4, 1902 – October 19, 2002) was a Mexican artistic photographer and one of the most important figures in 20th century Latin American photography. He was born and raised in Mexico City. While he took art classes at the Academy of San Carlos, his photography is self-taught. His career spanned from the late 1920s to the 1990s with its artistic peak between the 1920s and 1950s. His hallmark as a photographer was to capture images of the ordinary but in ironic or Surrealistic ways. His early work was based on European influences, but he was soon influenced by the Mexican muralism movement and the general cultural and political push at the time to redefine Mexican identity. He rejected the picturesque, employing elements to avoid stereotyping. He had numerous exhibitions of his work, worked in the Mexican cinema and established Fondo Editorial de la Plástica Mexicana publishing house. He won numerous awards for his work, mostly after 1970. His work was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hōki, Tottori
270px, Hōki town hall is a town in Saihaku District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 10,420 in 3871 households and a population density of 75 persons per km². The total area of the town is . On the west side of the train tracks just after leaving Hōki-Mizoguchi station, a very large green statue of an Oni is visible on the hill overlooking the town and the Hino River. Before the Kishimoto-Mizokuchi town merger which created Hōki, the oni was Mizokuchi's town mascot and as such is featured on manhole covers, phone booths, post boxes and even the town's highway rest stop (where the building housing the restrooms is shaped like a giant oni head). Geography Hōki is located in the Chūgoku Mountains in western Tottori Prefecture. The major road through Hōki is Route 181 which winds through the mountains from Yonago all the way to Okayama prefecture in the south. For the majority of its length it's a two lane highway and features steep swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoji Ueda Museum Of Photography
The Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography, is a museum in Hōki, Tottori, Japan that is solely dedicated to exhibiting and archiving the work of the photographer Shoji Ueda. The museum was founded in 1995. The collection consists of over 12,000 works by Shoji Ueda. The building was designed by Shin Takamatsu. The architectural relationships between volumetric solids and voids (as scaled incisions in the volume) function to frame Mount Daisen. Gallery File:Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography01bs3200.jpg File:Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography07st3200.jpg File:Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography10s5.jpg File:Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography08s5.jpg See also * List of museums devoted to one photographer This is a list of museums, galleries, or studios devoted or dedicated to a single photographer, or a single pair of photographers. (Many of them host exhibitions of the work of other photographers.) Canada * Notman, William (1826–1891) – Notma ... References Further reading Cerver, Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōji Ueda
__NOTOC__ was a photographer of Tottori, Japan, who combined surrealist compositional elements with realistic depiction. Most of the work for which Ueda is widely known was photographed within a strip of about 350 km running from Igumi (on the border of Tottori and Hyōgo) to Hagi ( Yamaguchi). The photographs Ueda takes are so unique. And in France, the birthplace of photography, his work style referred to as the ''Ueda-cho''. Ueda described himself as a ''mere amateur living in the countryside''. Ueda did a lot of his work in his hometown of Tottori. Ueda was born on 27 March 1913 in Sakai (now Sakaiminato), Tottori. His father was a manufacturer and seller of ''geta''; Shōji was the only child who survived infancy. The boy received a camera from his father in 1930 and quickly became very involved in photography, submitting his photographs to magazines; his photograph ''Child on the Beach'' (), ''Hama no kodomo'') appeared in the December issue of ''Camera.'' In 1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nara, Nara
is the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 2022, Nara has an estimated population of 367,353 according to World Population Review, making it the largest city in Nara Prefecture and sixth-largest in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara is a core city located in the northern part of Nara Prefecture bordering the Kyoto Prefecture. Nara was the capital of Japan during the Nara period from 710 to 794 as the seat of the Emperor before the capital was moved to Kyoto. Nara is home to eight temples, shrines, and ruins, specifically Tōdai-ji, Saidai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, Kasuga Shrine, Gangō-ji, Yakushi-ji, Tōshōdai-ji, and the Heijō Palace, together with Kasugayama Primeval Forest, collectively form the Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Etymology By the Heian period, a variety of different characters had been used to represent the name Nara: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . A number of theories for the origin of the name "Nara" have been pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum Of Photography Nara City
opened in Nara, Japan, in 1992. Located near Shin-Yakushi-ji and designed by Kishō Kurokawa, the Museum was formerly known as the . The collection includes the complete oeuvre of Irie Taikichi (1905 – 1992), some 80,000 works; a set of 1,025 Meiji and Taishō glass plates by (1848 – 1929) that are a Registered Tangible Cultural Property; and photographs by (1923 – 2014). See also * List of museums devoted to one photographer * Nara National Museum The is one of the pre-eminent national art museums in Japan. Introduction The Nara National Museum is located in Nara, which was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. Katayama Tōkuma (1854–1917) designed the original building, which is a r ... * Domon Ken Photography Museum * Ogawa Seiyō References External links *Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City Museums in Nara, Nara Photography museums and galleries in Japan Kisho Kurokawa buildings Museums established in 1992 1992 establishm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taikichi Irie
Taikichi Irie (入江 泰吉, ''Irie Taikichi'') (November 5, 1905 – January 16, 1992) was a Japan, Japanese photographer. He concentrated on Yamatoji (historical sites of Nara Prefecture) and Buddhist statues. Biography Irie was born in Nara, Nara, Nara. He started photography in his teens, influenced by a brother. He began work in a camera store in Osaka in 1925 and in 1931 set up his own company in Osaka, Kōgeisha (光芸社). They did product and advertising photography and sold photographic goods. He started taking photographs of ''bunraku'' in 1939 and in 1942 had his first solo exhibition (in Osaka), of ''bunraku'' puppets. His house in Osaka was destroyed in a bombing of 1945, and he escaped to his family home in Nara. Irie's photographs of Buddhist imagery were published as early as the early 1940s, and in 1958 he embarked on what would be a stream of books of such photographs, which had commercial success. In April 1992, three months after Irie died, a museum l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakata, Yamagata
is a city located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 106,244 in 39,320 households, and a population density of 180 people per km2. The total area of the city is . History The area of present-day Sakata was the location of the provincial capital of ancient Dewa Province, although the precise location has yet to be discovered by archaeologists. A port at the mouth of the Mogami River is known to have existed since the Kamakura period. Although silting rendered it less important in the Muromachi period, the area developed as a major center for the coastal trade during the Edo period. By the early Meiji period, the Honma clan, a local merchant clan, dominated trade and emerged as the largest landholder in Japan. Traces of their powerful influence on Sakata City can still be seen across the city. This includes the Honma Museum and The Honma Gardens located in the downtown area. With the establishment of the modern municipalities system after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Domon Museum Of Photography
The was opened in 1983 in Sakata, Yamagata (Japan), the birthplace of the photographer Ken Domon. On the occasion of becoming the first honorary citizen of Sakata in 1974, Domon donated his entire collection of works to the town. This prompted the decision to build a museum in his honour, and it was the first museum dedicated to photography in Japan. The museum has about 70,000 prints of works by Domon. It also has works by winners of the Domon Ken Award and another prize, the ) which is presented by the city in Domon's honour. The museum building was designed by noted architect Yoshio Taniguchi Yoshio Taniguchi (谷口 吉生, ''Taniguchi Yoshio''; born 1937) is a Japanese architect best known for his redesign of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which was reopened November 20, 2004. Critics have emphasized Taniguchi's fusion ..., and won the 9th Isoya Yoshida Award in 1984. See also * List of museums devoted to one photographer References * Matsumoto Norihik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Domon
is one of the most renowned Japanese photographers of the 20th century. He is most celebrated as a photojournalist, though he may have been most prolific as a photographer of Buddhist temples and statuary. Biography Domon was born in Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, and, as a young man, was deeply influenced by the philosophical writings of Tetsuro Watsuji.Watanabe (1998), p. 4. He studied law at Nihon University, but was expelled from the school due to his participation in radical politics. He moved from painting to portrait photography, and obtained a position with Kotaro Miyauchi Photo Studio in 1933. In 1935 he joined Nippon Kōbō to work on its magazine ''Nippon.'' Four years later he moved to Kokusai Bunka Shinkōkai, a national propaganda organization; like Ihei Kimura and many other notable Japanese photographers, he helped the war effort. Both contributed to a propaganda magazine, ''Shashin Shūhō'', during the war. With the end of the war, Domon became independent and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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