Vivo was a short-lived Japanese photographic

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, Kikuji Kawada,

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, Akira Satō, Akira Tanno, and

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— six of the participants of the celebrated 1957 exhibition ''Jūnin no me'' (, Eyes of ten) — formed the Vivo cooperative in July 1957, naming it after the

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word for "life." They shared an office and darkroom in Higashi Ginza (

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), marketing and distributing their own work.

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terms their office "the epicenter of the 'image generation's' photographic expression," and the members' activities "a prime example" of the way Japanese photographers of the time "confronted head-on the transformation of modern Japanese society." The group disbanded in June 1961. Retrospectives have included a major exhibition at the Shadai Gallery.Shadai Gallery exhibition
June–July 2007.

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* ''Nihon shashinka jiten'' (, ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers''). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. . P. 348. *Tucker, Anne Wilkes, et al. ''The History of Japanese Photography.'' New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. . Pp. 217–20, 376. {{DEFAULTSORT:Vivo 1957 establishments in Japan 1961 disestablishments in Japan Cooperatives in Japan Artist cooperatives Japanese photography organizations Former cooperatives